Primary schools in Delta State are to resume academic activities for primary six pupils tomorrow, Wednesday, September 16, 2020.

In preparation for this, primary school teachers in the state were ordered to resume duties yesterday.

The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, in a statement in Asaba over the weekend after a comprehensive meeting with relevant stakeholders, said that the reopening is in line with the decision of the State Government, in conjunction with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to implement phased resumption of schools beginning with exit classes.

He said that on resumption, the pupils are to immediately commence revisions for their cognitive placement examination scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 26, 2020.

Ukah called on primary school heads to ensure that all COVID-19 protocols as enumerated by NCDC are strictly adhered to in order to avoid the spread of the disease among teachers and pupils.

The Commissioner charged the school heads to emulate their secondary schools counterparts who adequately organised their schools for the return to school of SS 3 and JS 3 students.

Ukah restated that each class room should not accommodate more than 20 pupils to ensure proper physical distancing, in addition to complying with other protocols put in place to control the spread of the disease.

According to him, no pupil should be allowed into the school compound without wearing a facemask, adding the state government will provide facemasks for them.

Chief Ukah revealed that teachers who have been trained on COVID-19 preventive measures are expected to train other teachers between Monday when the teachers will resume and Wednesday when the pupils will come back.