He said the move was to alleviate financial burdens of families struggling to meet their children’s education needs.
The Minister for Education, Tahir Mamman, says inclusivity and religious tolerance in educational institutions in Nigeria remain the hallmark of democratic ideals.
Indigent Nigerians are to have easy access to higher education through interest-free loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.
The Itesiwaju Omu Arogun Area Community Development Committees have raised concerns over inadequate government infrastructure projects in Mowe communities in Ogun.
The state Commissioner for Education, Jamila Dahiru, who said this in the statement, added that the break was due to the adjustment in the date of polls.
According to the government, schools below tertiary level will resume for the first term on September 5 and vacate on December 16.
The commissioner explained that this was to avert incidents where corporal punishment results in students’ death.
Most students in public schools did not do well in the just concluded JAMB due to computer illiteracy.
