El-Rufai Orders Public Schools To Run For Only Four Days A Week

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered all public schools in the state to begin operating a four-day workweek as schools reopen for the second term in the 2021/2022 academic session.

This is coming after the Kaduna State government in December 2021, commenced a four-day work week transition in a compressed arrangement that would enable public employees, other than those in schools and health facilities, to work from Monday to Thursday and take Friday off.

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The state government had stated that this new policy will allow workers to spend more time with their families, boost productivity and improve work life balance.

However, the government has now extended the four-day work week transition to include employees in schools, following the recent directive dispatched to heads of public schools in a memo signed by the state Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, on Sunday.

The memo read:

“The Kaduna State Government wishes to inform parents, guardians and the public that the resumption date for the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session earlier slated for Monday, January 10th, 2021, remains unchanged.

“Beginning from Monday, January 10, all public schools are to run a four-day work week to align with government’s new transition to a four-day work week.

“The ministry further advises parents, guardians and students to comply with all public health guidelines by adopting all protective measures against COVID-19.

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“Additionally, administrators and proprietors of public and private schools and other learning centres, including Islamiyya and Madrasas, are encouraged to sustain school-based security committees set up to ensure safety of students in schools.”