The Federal Government of Nigeria has given the go ahead for state governments and school administrators in the country to start making preparations for the full reopening of schools.
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, speaking on Thursday during a briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, said the task force recommends the return of students.
It could be recalled that schools in the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease.
However, the Federal Government announced the resumption of graduating pupils effective August 4, 2020, to write this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination from August 17, 2020, through September 12, 2020.
Aliyu said, “For educational institutions which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. Educational institutions should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase.
“However, we strongly recommend that states conduct risk assessment to ensure all schools are at a level of compliance and create a monitoring mechanism to assess, create, and monitor this level of preparedness.
“Meanwhile, all daycares and educational institutions are to remain closed to in-classes until this level of risk is assessed. And if there will be opening of schools, it must be staged and preferably carried out in phases to ensure that this does not pose a risk to the general public and in particular to vulnerable groups that might end up getting infected by students going back home.”
Good news
I was thinking a date has been fixed😥
I was actually thinking same thing but thank God they talked about it 💆💆
So like this we are resuming 😭😭
wao that great
This is a wake up call
Meanwhile a date is what we are anxious of