Federal Government Allowed State to prepare for reopening of schools

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National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, who spoke at the briefing of the PTF in Abuja Thursday, said: “Educational institutions, which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase.”
He, however, said the PTF strongly recommended 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 this level of preparedness.
“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,” Aliyu said.
Aliyu said the government was in the process of developing strict guidelines to forestall the outbreak of infections when the NYSC camps eventually reopened.
NYSC orientation camps were closed in March as part of measures to halt the spread of coronavirus.
He said: “The NYSC is to consolidate on safety measures currently being put in place and start preparing for the reopening of orientation camps when educational institutions open.

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