... SS3
students resume Wednesday
Kwara State Government on Monday gave out 65,000 face
masks for distribution across schools ahead of Wednesday’s resumption of
students preparing for the secondary school certificate examinations.
The face masks are to be distributed to senior
secondary class three (exit) students as part the government’s efforts to
flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmission in Kwara State.
“On behalf of the Kwara State Government and His
Excellency AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq I present these face masks to the Honourable
Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development (Hajia Bisola Ahmed)
for onward distribution to our SS3 students as they prepare to resume academic
activities. This is just the beginning as they will get more and more of our
support,” Kayode Alabi, Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Kwara State
Technical Committee on COVID-19, told reporters in Ilorin, the state capital.
“This is the first phase as we are also giving out
sanitisers while the ministry of education, working with the committee and stakeholders
in the sector, has been mandated to ensure that safety rules are adhered to.”
Ahmed, for her part, said the government is making
every effort to adhere strictly to the preventive measures as directed by the
Federal Ministry of Education for the safety of our students.
"Our SS3 students will resume this week, precisely
on Wednesday. We have 65,000 face masks here which will be distributed to
schools across the three senatorial districts of the state. The face masks are
now being distributed through the All Nigeria Conference of Principals of
Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS). This is the first phase of what will be provided
to schools,” she said.
“We have spoken with the principals of the schools and
they are ready to support the state government and we assure you that all the
preventive measures as directed by the Federal Ministry of Education will be
provided as the schools resume.”
She assured Kwarans that the face masks will get to the
affected students across the state.
The commissioner said only the SS 3 students are to
resume on Wednesday for now, adding that other exit students would be
communicated on their date of resumption ahead of their own
examinations.
ANCOPSS President in Kwara State Toyin Abdullahi
commended the government for the proactive steps, saying they would transmit
the materials as directed by the government.
“I want to assure the government that the face masks
will be distributed to the SS 3 students while ANCOPSS will complement the
efforts of the government to ensure safety in our schools,” he added.
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