By Rita Enemuru, Reporting
Secondary and primary schools in Bayelsa State will reopen for the continuation of academic activities come November 21.
This is coming after six weeks disruption of the academic calendar by the flood that devastated most parts of the state.
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Education, Dr Gentle Emelah, in a circular issued to school administrators on Wednesday, said the decision was reached because the flood water had receded in most parts of the state.
The state government had, on October 4, shut down both public and private schools in the state to prevent pupils from drowning in the flood.
Emelah said, “The extension (of resumption) is as a result of the slow pace with which the flood waters are receding in some parts of the state.
“Also, the government wishes to charge operators of the private sector to maintain the government-approved calendar and charges all stakeholders in the educational sector to remain vigilant and ensure strict adherence to all school safety regulations in the face of the receding flood.
“Government, therefore, wishes to empathise with all Bayelsans who have been affected in one way or another by this unfortunate natural disaster.”
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