The Federal Government has directed all public and private schools in the country to reopen on September 22. The government had last month, ordered that schools should remain closed till October 13 due to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in the country.
Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, who disclosed the the new development in Abuja today after an emergency meeting with state Commissioners for Education said that measures put in place to curb the spread of Ebola are still intact.
Schools in Nigeria were initially expected to reopen for the new academic session on September 13.
The minister said all Federal Government colleges should also comply with the directive, saying that any state Ministry of Education that has not appointed designated desk officers on Ebola information should do so before resumption date.
Shekarau said that states’ ministry of education should ensure that at least two staff in each school, both public and private, are trained by appropriate health workers on how to handle any suspected case of Ebola.
He asked them to embark on immediate sensitization of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools on preventive measures. He wanted the training to be concluded before resumption of schools. [myad]
