Mrs. Phoebe Yayi, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Education conveyed the order on Friday.
Yayi, however, clarified that only Junior Secondary School 1
(JSS 1), JSS 3 and Senior Secondary School 3 (SS 3) will open.
She added that the government also approved primary four,
five and six, in private schools to reopen, while all public primary and
nursery schools would remain closed.
The permanent secretary said that a resumption date for JSS
2, SS 1 and SS 2, would be communicated in due course, subject to such schools’
compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines.
She said that the government arrived at the decision, after
extensive appraisal of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state
and series of consultations with relevant stakeholders.
“In view of this, the ministry of education is directing all
Principals and Head Teachers. to make necessary arrangements to receive
Boarding and Day students of the above stated classes on Monday, Feb. 1.
“However, the State COVID-19 Task Force will continue to
monitor all schools to ensure safe learning environments against the pandemic,
in addition to strict adherence to the guidelines issued by the State
Government.
“All administrators of public and private schools must
comply with all COVID-19 Protocols. Any breach of the protocols will lead to
the closure of the affected school, without any notice,” she said.
Yayi said that academic activities in the schools would run
on shift bases to ensure compliance to COVID-19 guidelines with the first shift
running from 08:00am to 12:00 noon while the second shift will be from 01:00
p.m. to 05:00 p.m.
“The class size should not exceed 20 students with 1.5m to
2.0m physical distancing.
“The schools must also have COVID-19 Committees, which will
comprise School-Based Management Committees, Parents Teachers Association,
community representative, health personnel, students and teachers’
representatives, to monitor and ensure compliance.
“Parents are also advised to provide their children with
face masks and other sanitary items, to help in curtailing the spread of the
virus,” she stated.
The permanent secretary assured the public of the ministry’s
commitment to continuing the e-learning programme, using Google classrooms,
radio and television stations and other online applications.
She urged all stakeholders to join the ministry’s various
monitoring teams in ensuring a safe learning environment for children.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that education
stakeholders in the state had, in a recent meeting, agreed that public and
private secondary and primary schools should be reopened in phases.
On Jan. 24, the government gave approval for tertiary
institutions, across the state, to reopen from Jan. 25.
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