Osun: State govt plans reopening of schools

Stakeholders of the Osun State Students Association have held an emergency meeting to ascertian when students can resume school in the face of the novel coronavirus.

This comes after the state shutdown school due to the outbreak of the virus in March.

The emergency meeting held with the leadership of the National Association of Osun State Students, led by the President, Salahudeen Teslim, following a notice of protest served to the state government for failure to reopen schools on  Monday, August 31, The Nation reports.

However, at the meeting, representatives of the state government led by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Students’Affairs and Social Mobilisation, Mr. Kehinde Ayantunji, decisions  were made that a committee be put in place and  adequate measures taken for the safety of students. Explaining the outcome of the meeting, Comrade Teslim said the government was fully ready to reopen schools and had set up a committee to that effect.

“At the meeting, our demands were stated clearly that schools must reopen as a matter of urgency ,” he said.

He added: “Bursary must be paid to cushion the effect of the pandemic on Osun indigenes who are students and that there should be special reduction in tuition fees for citizens of the  state.’’