FG Has Directed School Administrators To Start Preparing For Resumption

 The Federal Government Has directed school administrators to start preparing for the full resumption of schools.

On Thursday September 3,2020 ,Dr. Sani Aliyu, The National Coordinator of the presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 gave the directive at the PTF briefing.

Aliyu, who directed them to conduct risk assessment, said the reopening would be done in phases.

"For educational institutions which include day-care, primary,secondary and tertiary institutions,should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase," he said.

"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 their level of preparedness.

Meanwhile, daycare centres should remain closed until this level of risk is assessed. 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 public and in particular to vulnerable groups that might end up getting infected by students going back home."