FG not yet convinced that schools should reopen-Minister

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The Federal Government has said that it is not yet convinced that schools should re-open for academic exercise after their closure in a bid to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 with the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee (NTLC) on National Primary Health.

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The meeting was to seek the support of the traditional rulers towards preventing community spread of COVID-19.

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Responding to a question from the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar, on school reopening, Nwajiuba said the Federal Government is still evaluating the situation.

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“At the moment, we have not come to the point where we can say we are convinced that schools can manage themselves and reopen comfortably.

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“Our teams have gone out and we will use the whole of this week and next week to do a proper evaluation.

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“We are going round to see the level of compliance but most importantly we are waiting to get an update on all the facilities in every part of Nigeria. So, it is a work in progress,” he said.

The Minister said the government strongly believed in the opinions of experts that 15 per cent of transmission of the pandemic is from school environment and that was what informed the proposed remodelling of classes.

“We believe the experts that the school system is a suspect place for transmission and that is why we are working with them, particularly on guidelines.

“We are suggesting that classes be remodelled if there are no enough classrooms for social distancing, We can do tier system, some can come in the morning, may be the junior classes and the senior classes can come in the afternoon.

“We are also working out guidelines such as washing of hands because school must go on at one point,” he said.

 

 

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