Lagos State Education Commissioner, Folashade Adefisayo has disclosed that the state government is meeting with the federal ministry of education to work out guidelines that must be adopted before schools will be re-opened.
Lagos State Education Commissioner
Adefisayo who disclosed this during an online show, COVID inspiration show, said they are watching how the pandemic turns out to decide on the next step to take. The commissioner went on to say that the Lagos state government is working with the federal government and the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on when to re-open schools as soon as possible in the country.
Speaking on the possible re-opening of schools, which were closed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, the commissioner said the decision is not one any state can unilaterally take on its own. She further said that schools will resume for learning when they are certain the children are safe.
It will be recalled that the federal government disclosed that schools nationwide will soon be open without giving any particular date when the reopening of schools will take place. The minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the disclosure on Thursday, May 21, during the briefing by the presidential task force on COVID-19. He, however, said that the reopening of schools will not be done in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters.
