Enugu govt directs schools to comply with new school calendar

The Enugu government has urged public, private and mission primary and secondary schools in the state to comply with the new uniform school calendar or face sanction.

This is contained in a new school calendar circular released Friday by the Enugu State Commissioner For Education, Uche Eze and signed by the Director of Schools, P.A Ochi.

Mr Eze said primary and secondary schools in Enugu State should open for 2022/2023 academic activities on Monday, September 26.

“Consequently, the Enugu State Ministry of Education shall on September 27 monitor schools compliance across the state according to the uniform calendars,” he said.

In the 2022/2023 approved school calendar, the first term will begin on September 26, 2022, and close on December 16, 2022, while the second term will commence on January 9, 2023, and closes on March 31, while the third term would start on April 24 and end on July 28, 2023.

Mr Eze added that the mid-term would only run from June 5 to June 11, 2023, while the 2023/2024 school calendar would begin on September 18, 2023, and end on December 15, 2023.

He said that the government would no longer tolerate staggered academic calendars by primary and secondary schools in the state.

The commissioner warned that “any public, private or mission school found contravening the approved school calendar shall be appropriately sanctioned”.