FG Approves Schools Reopening Without Specific Definite Dates

The Federal Government has approved the reopening of schools with conditions but without giving any definite date for resumption of the various levels of academic institutions.

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, gave the indications for the resumption of schools on Thursday at the PTF briefing.

According to Aliyu, “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 a 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.”