The Federal Government on Thursday, told school administrators to start making preparations for students to go back to class.
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, said this while speaking at the Presidential Task Force COVID-19 briefing held at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
He said the task force recommends phased return of students to classrooms.
More so, Dr. Aliyu, said the National Youth Service Corps should start making preparations to reopen its orientation camps nationwide.
He said, “For educational institutions which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. Educational institutions should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase.
“However, we strongly recommend 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.
“Meanwhile, 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.”
Also speaking on the resumption of Orientation Camps for the NYSC scheme, Dr. Aliyu said, “For the National Youth Service Corps, 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.
“We are in the process of developing strict guidelines to ensure there is no outbreak of Covid-19 when this process starts.”
