By Tunde Olamilekan
The Osun State Ministry of Education has banned graduation ceremonies for kindergarten, nursery, and Junior secondary school (JSS 3) students in the state.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Murtala Jimoh, stated this in a circular on Friday.
The circular also banned the writing of classwork and homework inside textbooks.
The circular noted that the policy aims to ensure that students, parents, guardians, and stakeholders and schools focus on the academic achievements of students at the end of their primary and secondary education.
The circular read in parts, “Consequently, graduation ceremonies and parties are only permitted for: Primary 6 graduating pupils and Senior secondary schools SSS3 students.
“This policy aims to ensure that students, parents, guardians, and stakeholders and
schools focus on the academic achievements of students at the end of their primary and secondary education cycles.
“In addition, the use of workbook inside the textbook should stop henceforth to ensure that the textbook is not only for a session.”
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