The Federal Government has provided some specific guidelines
for reopening of schools in the country.
The guidelines announced by the Minister of State for
Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Friday cover four thematic areas.
They include: staying home and learning safely before
schools and learning facilities reopen; Reopening process; and Conditions for
safety when learning facilities are reopened.
In each of these areas, actions and responsibilities,
according to the Minister, are identified for various stakeholders such as
“policy, financing, safe operations, learning, training, reaching the most
marginalized, building back better, safety and hygiene, Infection Prevention
and Control, (IPC).”
Nwajiuba noted that staying home and learning in a safe
environment will address learners and educators’ basic physical safety needs
and also ensure that all learners and their family members remain safe.
“This means that all education environments must be
inclusive irrespective of location, access to the internet, and socio-economic
background,” he added.
Furthermore, the Minister announced actions recommended to
safeguard the health, safety and security of learners accessing remote learning
while ensuring that quality outcomes are obtainable:
These include: “Conduct online training that not only
prepares teachers to teach in a way that safeguards the health, safety, and
security of the learners but also enables them to facilitate learning using
21st-century pedagogy based on Information and Communications Technology,
(ICT).
“Revise to strengthen current remote learning programs
initially launched for stronger curriculum backing towards improving relevance
and quality on a grade level to level basis.
“Provide learners access to online resources materials
online learning platforms, radio or television programs.
“Children and young people should at home and wash their
hands regularly, maintain personal hygiene and adhere to the Nigerian Centre
for Disease Control, (NCDC), and World Health Organisation, (WHO), Covid-19
guidelines.”
The Minister, however, said that Federal and State
Ministries of Education (SMoE) will decide when to reopen schools after due
consultations with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF).
He said before reopening, schools must also put in place
measures such as safe distancing procedures; review existing policies,
practices, and risk mitigation strategies; develop and display at schools’
simple context-specific reference protocols on day to day actions; conduct risk
assessment and make recommendations for addressing the gaps, safety and hygiene.
Others are sensitization, financing, learning, and
monitoring procedures.
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everyday new guidelines.. abeg, we're tired.. Make the final decision and let's rest
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