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The Oyo State Government has ordered schools across the state to suspend all school excursions, field trips, and outdoor student activities until further notice due to security concerns.
The permanent secretary of the state’s Ministry of Education, Toyin Oyinloye, announced this in a statement issued on Friday.
Oyinloye said the decision became necessary to safeguard students and school staff following the state’s prevailing security crisis.
“In view of the recent security concerns, the Ministry is taking steps to safeguard the lives of students and members of staff,” she said.
The permanent secretary directed school administrators in the state to halt excursions, sports competitions, and all activities that require students to leave the school premises.
“All school administrators are hereby directed to suspend all excursions, field trips, sports competitions and related activities until further notice,” she added.
Oyinloye said the government has also cancelled all approvals earlier granted for such activities across public and private schools in the state.
“Prior approvals granted by the Ministry are hereby overridden by this directive,” Oyinloye said.
“The safety of our children is non-negotiable and takes precedence over all academic and extracurricular activities.”
School authorities were further instructed to ensure students remained within school premises during official school hours.
Oyinloye urged all schools in the state to ensure strict compliance with the directive pending further review.
“This directive takes immediate effect and will be reviewed as soon as the security situation improves,” she added.
This directive comes a week after terrorists abducted over 30 students from three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
