Lagos, July 28 (RHC)-- Nigeria has announced secondary schools in the country, which are shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen next month.
"Secondary schools in the country are to reopen as from August 4 for exit classes only," the Federal Ministry of Education said in a statement.
Students will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examination due to start on August 17, it added. An exit examination is a test that students must pass to graduate from school.
The West African country has registered 40,532 virus cases, including 858 deaths and 17,374 recoveries, thus far.
