Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced the cancellation
of Thursday and Friday mid-term break for public primary and
secondary schools in the state.
The Governor hinged this decision on the fact that students of
public schools in the state had stayed out of their classrooms for
several days as a result of recent industrial actions and public
holidays.
This announcement was contained in a circular with reference
number, Edu1070/Col.VI/27, dated June 11, 2018, signed by the
acting permanent secretary, state Ministry of Education, Science
and Technology, Mr Idowu Adeosun.
Adeosun pointed out that the directive did not affect private
schools in the state.
Teachers and heads of schools were consequently to utilize the
two days to make up for lost grounds in their lesson plan for the
third term of the ongoing 2018/2019 session.
“I am to inform you that in view of the number of days the
students of public primary and secondary schools have stayed out of
classrooms for the reasons of public holidays and strike actions,
the mid-term break for the third term of 2018/2019 academic session
is hereby cancelled,” the circular read in part.
TNL recall that the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of
Teachers (NUT) recently suspended a two-week old strike while the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had also suspended a 24-hour long
strike on May 27, 2019.