Education
Schools Resume In Rivers, Today
Both academic and non academic activities are expected to resume today in both public and private secondary schools (senior and junior), primary schools across Rivers State
The schools in the state had been on holidays in the past thirteen weeks following the end of the 2018/2019 academic session.
A release from the Rivers State Ministry of Education, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, ,Dagogo Adonye — Hart and made available to newsmen directed all schools in the state to resume for the 2019/2020 academic session today.
According to the break down of the 2019/2020 academic calendar, the first term begins from Monday, 9th September, and ends on Friday ,13th December, 2019, adding that the first term academic session would last for fourteen weeks with three weeks holiday.
The statement further indicate that the mid-term holiday break for the firs term would commence from Friday 1st to Monday November 4th, 2019,while the first term school calendar would terminate on Monday 16th December,2019
The statement urged principals and heads of public schools, as well as the owners of private schools, including parents and guardians to take notice of the 2019/2020 state academic calendar and adhere to it
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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