By Ibrahim Danladi
In a move aimed at mitigating the impact of fuel subsidy removal, the Edo State Government has decided to reduce the number of school days to three days per week.
Ozavize Salami, the Chairperson of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), announced this decision in Benin City on Friday following a meeting involving Anthony Okungbowa, the state’s Head of Service, and other government officials.
The meeting was held to discuss the government’s directive for public and civil servants to work three days a week in light of the subsidy removal.
“To ensure there are no administrative gaps, we have clustered the school learning days into the first three days of the week for the three-day work week,” Salami explained. “Therefore, children will attend basic education schools across the state on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.”
Salami further stated that the government has already devised strategies to align with the school curriculum.
“We have extended the learning time by one hour in primary schools and two hours in junior secondary schools to ensure that the curriculum for the term is covered,” added the SUBEB boss. “Consequently, we have integrated the Thursday and Friday timetable into the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday timetable.”
The Head of Service emphasized that while public and civil servants are required to work three days a week, government offices will remain open throughout the week to provide services.
He also mentioned that employees not on duty will operate remotely.