Ogun extends resumption for new academic session

Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Segun Odubela, said on Thursday that the state government had postponed the resumption date for all primary and secondary schools in the state.

The resumption date earlier fixed for September 15, 2014 had been shifted to a date to be announced later.

In a statement made available to our correspondent on Thursday, the commissioner said the development was in response to the Federal Ministry of Education’s directive that schools in the country should put resumption for 2014/2015 on hold in order to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.

Odubela urged parents and guardians to take proper care of their children and wards by monitoring their movement and engaging them in academic activities.

Reacting to the development, a parent who has three children in a public primary school in Abeokuta, Stella Obawoye, said “It is a good step and I support it.”

Another parent, Mr. Sylvester Akabogu, also echoed Obawoye’s sentiment, stressing that health officials should be posted to schools whenever the pupils resume to ensure no pupil with the EVD was allowed to mix with others.

“I want to suggest that whenever the pupils will resume for the 2014/2015 session, medical personnel should be posted to the schools with the necessary equipment to carry out test on the pupils, in order to detect those who might want to import the deadly virus into the state,” he said.

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