The Nigerian Federal Government has set 13 October,
2014 for all primary and secondary schools in the country to resume after it had
been postponed as result of Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) in the country.
The new
resumption date was announced by the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau after
a marathon meeting with all the 36 state Commissioners of Education in Abuja on
Tuesday.
Shekarau,
who briefed journalists after the meeting, said all private schools in the
country should also comply with the directive and all schools summer programmes
must be suspended with immediate effect.
According
to him, each of the private and public schools will be required to train at
least two desk officers in collaboration with Ministry of Health officials on
how to handle Ebola.
He stated,
“All state Commissioners of Education and I met this day 26th August, 2014 to
discuss issues related to the reopening of schools for the new academic year
(2014/2015) vis-à-vis the Ebola epidemic issue.
“The
meeting was also attended by senior officials of the Federal Ministry of
Health. At the end of the meeting, the following decisions were arrived at as
preventive measures to ensure the safety and well-being of all students in our
schools throughout the Federation.
“All
Primary and Secondary schools, both Public and Private are to remain closed
until Monday 13th October, 2014 which is the new school resumption date for all
schools throughout the Federation.
“This
is to ensure that adequate preventive measures are put in place before the
students report back to school. All State Ministries of Education are to
immediately organize and ensure that at least two (2) staff in each school,
both Public and Private, are trained by appropriate health workers on how to
handle any suspected case of Ebola and also embark on immediate sensitization
of all Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff in all schools on preventive measures.
This training of staff must be concluded not later than 15th September, 2014.”
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