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Mr. Patrick Ukah, Delta basic and Secondary Education Commissioner.

Public and private schools in Delta State are to resume academic activities on Monday, November 2, 2020 after about a week break occasioned by the hijack of the peaceful Endsars protests by hoodlums bent on causing insecurity in the state.

The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Patrick Ukah, in a statement in Asaba yesterday (30/10/2020) said that the reopening of the schools was in line with the directive of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, that academic activities should resume November 2.

He called on school heads to continue to enforce the obedience of COVID-19 protocols by their pupils and students to avoid the spread of the disease.

Mr Ukah stated that officials of the ministry would continue to monitor activities in the schools to ensure strict adherence to the directive, adding that defaulters face the risk of having their schools closed down.

He said that the resumption of nursery schools was being reviewed and announcement for the beginning of academic activities for them would be made in due course.

Meanwhile, the airing of the ministry’s open distance learning radio and television programme, ‘teleclass’, meant to complement normal learning in schools for the month of November will also begin on Monday, November 2.

Mr Ukah disclosed that the programme was packaged by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and in conjunction with state Ministry of Information.

According to him, the programme would be aired between 5pm and 7pm on week days by the ministry’s media partners.

The partners are Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba, Delta Rainbow Television (DRTV), Warri, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Asaba, Quest TV, Ughelli, Quest 93.1 FM, Ughelli, Bridge FM, Asaba, Crown FM, Warri, and Rize 106.7 FM, Warri.

The subjects to be taught during the programme, the commissioner stated, are English Studies, National Values, Basic Science and Technology and Mathematics for primary school pupils, then Mathematics and English Studies for Junior Secondary School (JSS) students and Mathematics and English Language for Senior Secondary School (SSS) students.

Mr Ukah advised pupils and students to make use of the opportunity presented by the programme to consolidate on what they were being taught in school considering the short period of time available for teaching and learning this term.