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Schools re-opening: Discordant tunes across states as safety concerns mount
Sep 19, 2020
Students stay in line for temperature check by teachers at Babs Fafunwa Millennium Senior Secondary School, Ojodu, Lagos…recently PHOTO: EPA
With the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the country now in a downward spiral, many states have been gearing up to re-open schools which have been shut for about six months as part of the strategies to contain the spread of the pandemic. However, safety concerns remain paramount. In fact, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 last Thursday warned that gradual flattening of the curve of the pandemic “should be taken with vigilance and cautious optimism based on the fact that we are convinced that we have not tested enough, as we have only recently re-opened our international flights.”
Aware of this, many state governments that have announced plans to re-open schools have been treading cautiously while some others still feel it is unsafe to allow pupils/students back to the classrooms.
For instance, in Lagos State, tertiary students resumed on September 14. The state has also slated the resumption of primary and secondary schools in the state for September 21 but not all pupils/students would be allowed to resume on the said date. While all classes in private primary and secondary schools were permitted to resume, only JSS 3 and SS2 students in public schools would return to the classrooms. The government said pre-primary pupils would also remain at home until a further review of the situation.
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