Osun State Government has threatened to deal decisively with some proprietors of private schools owners over reported plan to reopen their schools for academic activities.
State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in a statement on Wednesday, said the development became imperative in view of the plans by some private schools owners to reopen under the guise of partial reopening of schools for terminal students preparing to write West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.
According to the statement, “Osun State Government has it on good authority that some private schools are planning to reopen under the cover of the partial reopening of schools to students in exit classes for the purpose of writing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
“Doing this would be illegal, an infraction and a flagrant disregard for the guidelines of both the State and Federal Government.”
“The Federal Government has approved neither the reopening of all schools nor the resumption of all students. The partial reopening applies only to schools that have registered for WASSCE, and students in SS3 classes who will be sitting for the exams beginning from August 17. By implication, only 188 schools and 13,177 students that have been duly registered for WASSCE in the state of Osun are licensed by the State and Federal Government’s guidelines.”
“Any private school not registered for WASSCE, found operating under the cover of the partial reopening, will face the full force of the law.”