Idris Abubakar
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state from Wednesday, December 16, 2020 as cases of Covid-19 increase in the state.
A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Education, Shehu Muhammad said “The Kaduna State Ministry of Education wishes to inform the general public, parents, guardians and students of the new date of schools’ closure due to rising cases of Covid-19 infections in the state, which show aa replicate of figures recorded in the first wave of the pandemic in April, May and June 2020, indicating that a new wave of the infection is rapidly spreading across the state.
According to the statement, “The State’s Ministry of Health has further confirmed that, while the infections cut across age groups, this new wave especially, affects those between 10 and 35 years (which form a majority of the populace in the education sector.
“Thus, in this effort to contain the spread of the pandemic and save the lives of people in the state, the Kaduna State Government is directing all public and private schools to conclude all necessary arrangements and close on Wednesday, 16th December 2020 as opposed to the initial closings.
“Therefore, all examinations must be conducted on or before Tuesday, 15th December, 20202 in all institutions of learning across the state,” the statement added.
