Oyo State Government has cancelled the third term in the 2019/20 academic calendar.
The decision to cancel the term was made by the State Executive Council at its meeting on Tuesday.
The council also approved the academic calendar to guide resumption of schools and other associated educational activities in the State.
According to the approved calendar, Third Term 2019/2020 has been cancelled and promotion of students, for all affected classes, will now be determined by First and Second Term Continuous Assessment.
Pry 6, JSS 3 and SSS 3 will proceed on holiday from 30th of July and resume for their Examination as follows;
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)- 10th to 18th August 2020
Competitive Entrance Examination into the Schools of Science- 19th August 2020
Placement/Screening Test to JSS1- 20th August 2020
Placement Test into Technical Colleges- 28th August 2020
The SSS 3 will resume for their Examination as soon as WAEC announce the date.
The 2020/21 academic session, according to the calendar approved by the State Council is as follows;
First Term- 21th September to 18th December 2020
Second Term- 11th January to 9th April 2021
Third Term- 3rd May to 30th July 2021