The governor made this on Tuesday evening after the State Executive Council meeting with stakeholders in the educational sector. The governor explained that the decision is necessary in order not to truncate the educational sector.

At the executive council meeting, the government set new guidelines for the reopening of schools and other educational activities in the state.

They canceled the Third Term for 2019/2020 academic calendar and agreed that students will be promoted base on First and Second Terms performance.

The graduating students, Primary Six Pupils, Junior and Senior Secondary Students who are currently going to school would take a short break on July 30 and resume back when the central government announces a new date for WAEC.

The Basic Education Certificate Examination and Competitive Entrance Examination are scheduled to hold in August.

SSS3 students will return for their final examination after the federal government and WAEC reached agreement on the date for the examination.

The first term for the new academic sessions will begin September 21, 2020, and ends December 18, the second term begins January 11 and ends April 9 and the third term begins May 3 and ends July 30.

This is the value of opposition. Thinking well and set the pace for others to follow if they like. If SS3 takes their exams in September this year, WAEC would have forfeited only the stream 2 of its 3 stream cycle. It means it would go back to normalcy and hold next year's school exam by May/June. The only way the schools can align is to start 1st term for next year in September and that is in line with this Oyo state arrangements. Kudos.



However, someone Nigerians are not happy with the governor's decision, this is what they are saying below.

"I'm beginning to unlike this Governor as he is very good at playing to the gallery. Why must he make such a ludicrous decision while the spread of the corona virus keeps increasing? Do you think the federal govt doesn't know what it's going? The safety of lives must come first for any responsible leader."

"wait a minute, is Oyo state a country of its own? why this governor refused to work in tandem with govt. at the center? the state is still among the states with the highest cases of the pandemic. probably the figure from the state is not the true reflection of happenings there."

"For me am not in support of the plan, this man just looking for recognition. believe it or not, COVID 19 is real but out of ignorance and poverty on the ground. but he as a governor knows better. why Open school and can't he follow the Federal government directive. Let him go and conduct the Waec for Oyo State."

What do you think about this?

Is it right for Seyi Makinde to go against Federal Government directives?

Ok

Everything is politics now..

Schools need to reopen one way or the other... people needs to learn to leave with this virus

GSM is really taking the bull by it's horn, we need to move on, Countries with high Covid19 casualties have moved on, why should we keep stay put, all those NCDC livescores are scam, why will Kano of all people be having low figures, they don't observe social distances, they are not hygienic yet u will be seeing 12,1,4,16........

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You dont expect us all to see things from the same angle. do you?