Osun State Government has warned that any private school not registered for WASSCE found operating under the disguise of partial reopening will face the full wrath of the law.
The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation,Mrs. Funke Egbemode issued the warning in a Statement released on Friday in Osogbo.
She explained that the partial reopening of schools only applies applies to schools that have registered for WASSCE, and students in SS3 classes who will be sitting for the exams beginning from August 17.
According to her only 188 schools and 13,177 students have been duly registered for WASSCE in the State,opening of any school that are not in the category would be illegal, an infraction and a flagrant disregard for the guidelines of both the State and Federal Government.
The statement read: ” The State Government of Osun has it on good authority that some private schools are planning to reopen under the cover of the partial reopening of schools to students in exit classes for the purpose of writing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
“Doing this would be illegal, an infraction and a flagrant disregard for the guidelines of both the State and Federal Government”
“The Federal Government has approved neither the reopening of all schools nor the resumption of all students.”