By Emmanuel Olorunsola
The Commissioners of Education for 19 Northern States have supported the decision of the Federal Government on suspension of school re-opening.
This was made known in a statement issued in Kaduna after a virtual meeting was held on Saturday, with 13 out of the 19 Commissioners in attendance.
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The statement was signed by the Commissioner of Education, Kaduna, Dr Shehu Makarfi, who is also the Chairman of the Northern States School Exchange Programme.
The Attendee States were Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Taraba, Kogi, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Borno and Jigawa.
According to them, keeping school shut down considering the spike in cases of COVID-19 across the country is a good step in ensuring that children remain safe.
The statement read, in part, “We have, therefore, resolved that schools should be reopened only when it is safe to do so and when states have complied with the minimum COVID-19 safety protocols as outlined by the NCDC.
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“We will also participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and other examinations only when it is safe to reopen schools and when coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Education.”
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