Nigerian schools resumption: As Waec dey begin 17 August see how Nigerian states dey prepare to reopen schools dis week
Students wey dey prepare to write final exams plus those wey dey exit class go resume school dis week as federal goment don give green light for schools to reopen afta dem close am for March 2020 sake of Covid-19.
Officials of di State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources dey fumigate Public Schools Different states for di federation don begin put measures in place to make sure say schools dey safe for students to resume and dey get conditions wey dem don outline for students particularly students wey wan write di West Africa Examination Council. DELTA STATE 29,525 SS3 students for Delta State dey resume school dis morning to begin prepare for dia WAEC exam wey go begin later dis month. Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah say di State don provide di necessary materials to comply wit protocols to prevent COVID-19 come add say each class go get 20 students each and dem go ensure physical distance, do temperature checks and odas. Di State bin don fumigate schools across di State and distribute water storage tanks for schools wey no get borehole or any water supply to make sure sanitation dey for teachers and students to wash dia hands. CROSS RIVER STATE Cross River State resume school on Monday 3 August 2020 for students wey dey exit classes like SS3 to begin prepare for dia WAEC exams. Commissioner for Information Asu Okang tell BBC Pidgin say di State bin don ready tay tay but dem comply wit di instructions wey di Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 give ontop school resumption. Okang say dem don already distribute protective equipment wey include facemask and faceshield to school principals, teachers and students wey dem produce for di State Garment factory and as State wey take lead to fight coronavirus, dem ready and don take care of evritin wey suppose dey ground for full school resumption but for now na only students for exit classes of SS3 go begin school to prepare for dia exam before e start on 17 August. RIVERS STATE Schools no dey sure of wen dem go reopen for Rivers State as di state goment never announce wen dem go resume classes. Commissioner of Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku say dem wan make sure say safe environment for di students first before dem reopen, so both private and public schools dey clean up dia environment. Di State bin don fumigate schools and distribute COVID-19 Hygiene kits to schools wey WAEC bin don accredit to write di exams. For some schools wey BBC Pidgin visit, dem don ready di exam hall for di students to observe physical distance inside di halls. Rivers State Ministry of Education don disinfect many primary and secondary schools as dem dey prepare to resume schools for exit classes, especially for students wey go write di WAEC exams.Di State don also distribute COVID-19 Hygiene kits to all di 257 schools wey WAEC don accredit for di 2020 WAEC exams for di State. Some Covid-19 hygiene kits wey Rivers State Goment share for di 257 schools wey dey accredited for di 2020 WAEC exams Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku add say dem also don set up special taskforce wey go go round to monitor and ensure strict compliance with wearing facemask and oda Covid-19 protocols within di school premises for both teachers and students, come add say; " We get slogan, 'Not in my backyard' to ginger schools for Rivers State to make sure say dem no get any single case of coronavirus for dia schools as we reopen for di WAEC exams." Some Covid-19 hygiene kits wey Rivers State Goment share for di 257 schools wey dey accredited for di 2020 WAEC exams BAYELSA STATE Schools for Bayelsa go resume on Wednesday 5 August 2020 as dem dey take steps to provide safe environment for SS3 students to resume and prepare for di external exams. Meanwhile dem dey hold special training on Tuesday morning for stakeholders to prepare schools wit Covid-19 safety protocols according to NCDC guidelines for safe reopening of schools Di Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Information, Freston Akpor say dem bin don fumigate schools across di State and provide hand washing facilities plus deploy health professionals to all di schools. Oga Akpor add say di state goment go also set up temporary isolation centres for schools too even as dem don provide facemasks, infrared thermometers and access to water. But for schools wey no get water supply, alternative arrangement dey ground for dem. Im also ask parents and guardians to provide extra facemask for di students to add to Di one Goment go give dem. LAGOS STATE Before school resumption for final class students, di Lagos state goment don order make dem fumigate all di public schools for di state. Hand sanitizers must dey for inside all di classrooms and hostels and teachers must make sure say students dey sanitize dia hands every time. Lagos state fumigates schools ahead of resumption Di state goment for dia twitter handle add say schools must enforce social distancing and wearing of face masks dey compulsory. OGUN STATE Ogun state goment say Covid- 19 and Malaria test dey compulsory for all SS3 Boarding students. Di Special Adviser to di govnor on Basic and Secondary Education, Ronke Soyombo post for twitter say one of di criteria for students to enta hostels na make dem submit dis test results and e must be negative. Na only state approved public health centres dem fit do di test and dem be; Di 250 MTR, Okemosan for Abeokuta, Ogun State General Hospital, Ota and Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Dis requirement bin cause kasala as parents enta street protest say dem dey ask dem to pay N25,000 for di Covid- 19 test. Di state goment don clear di air on top dis mata say goment go pay di COVID- 19 test money for all di SS3 students wey dey public owned schools. Private school owners too must make sure say dia boarding students provide certified Covid- 19 test negative result before dem allow dem enta di hostel. Dem fit do di test any wia as far say NCDC don give di Test service provider approval. Di goment don also begin dey distribute face masks to all schools for di state. KANO STATE Commissioner of Education for Kano Sanusi Kiru tell BBC say dem neva set date for school resumption because work still dey to do before students resume. "Na Kano get di highest number of students wey go sit for dis exams for Nigeria so our work big pass oda states own. Federal goment give every state free hand to choose when dia students go resume so for now we dey work towards dat." "We get 536 exams centres and 11,354 students wey go write dis exams so we have to provide face masks, sanitizers and also isolation centres for every school so no be small work." "I go hold meeting with principals of all di schools for Kano today both public and private and our level of preparation in di next few days go determine date wey we go set. Personally i go like to see us resume by next week." NIGER STATE Niger State School Reopening committee Di Niger state commissioner of education Hajiya Hannatu Salihu bin set up 25 Man Committee on school reopening for 21 July She give di committee seven days to submit dia report. Afta di 7 days deadline, di committee neva still come up wit full plans according to one press statement wey di ministry of education post for social media but di Chairmo of di committee Mohammed Lemu say im get one small report wey fit serve as guide on top school reopening for di state. Di Chairman of di Niger State Universal Basic Education Board Isah Adamu say di need to provide personal protective equipment for teachers and students dey important. ONDO STATE For Ondo State, local media report say di state goment don begin fumigate all di public schools wey dey di 18 local government areas of di state. Di Permanent Secretary for di Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Akin Asaniyan tell tori pipo dis Sunday for inside one of di school wey dem don fumigate say na dis na wetin dem go do for all schools. Some Covid-19 hygiene kits wey Rivers State Goment share for di 257 schools wey dey accredited for di 2020 WAEC exams