BY SEYIFUNMI LUMEKO
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has warned the public to disregard a resumption time table flying around social media.
It made this disclosure through the Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) unit of the Education Ministry of the state.
The Ministry explained that Lagos State has its Ministry of Education separate from the Ministry of Science and Technology.
A statement by the Public Affairs Officer, OEQA, Mr Emmanuel Olaniran, said the calendar did not come from its office.
He said: “Please be informed that the academic calendar did not emanate from the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA). Kindly disregard.”
Olaniran said the calendar is not from Lagos because it refers to the authorizing body as the ministry of education, science and technology.
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It described as not true the time-table rumour that the first term of the session would start September 21, 2020, and end December 18, 2020.
Recall that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on the weekend said that the resumption date he announced was not cast in stone.
It decried that the fake calendar also gives January 11, 2021, and May 3, 2021, as the start dates for the second terms.
“The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology enjoins all stakeholders and members of the public to take note of the details of the academic calendar.
“Full academic programme should commence on the first day of each term. All public holidays are to be observed as may be directed by the Federal/State government. All public and private schools are to adhere strictly to the school calendar,” the disclaimed publication stated.
