COVID-19:FGN reopens doors for schools running international curriculum

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The federal government of Nigeria -FGN- has has given schools using international curriculum the go-ahead to continue third term in order to complete their school session and write their exams online. This is part of measures aim at easing the lockdown imposed in the country to keep the spread of corona virus pandemic under control.

The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Chukwumeka Nwajiuba, who revealed this in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists at the daily press briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, said this has become necessary as there were private schools licenced to run foreign curriculum especially for children of expatriates and diplomats.

Explaining that the lockdown is not a directive to stop learning, Nwajiuba stated that the approved curricula were aimed at satisfying the ability of those children to be able to re-join the school system of their home countries at the expected time.

The Minister said “Schools that operate or run a foreign program in Nigeria and whether they can test for their own third term exams, truly they should and they can".
“Private Schools that run International Curriculum are free to conduct their third term examinations online. There are private schools licenced to run foreign curriculum essentially for children of expatriates and diplomats".
"If such schools are able to host online classes for the curriculum they operate and they choose to use the period to cover their syllabus, it is permitted,” the Minister added.
" We have not said people should stop learning,” he stated.


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