COVID:Lagos state set for primary and secondary schools reopening within 2 weeks
The Lagos state government appears ready to ask for reopening of primary and secondary within 2 weeks to complete its second term.
The second session of both primary and secondary schools was interrupted and postponed by the government to stop the spread of the corona virus outbreak.
Meanwhile, the government has instructed stakeholders to switch classes online to prevent total disruption of academic activities.
However, after seeing that other sectors such as markets, businesses and places of worship were allowed to continue business, parents and schools owners also asked permission to reopen the school.
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu seems to have yielded to the campaign and announced that an important decision to rebuild schools would be announced in the next two weeks.
Sanwo-Olu declared this through the press attache briefing about the success and new strategies that the government must adopt in the country's struggle against the corona virus.
He added that the decision would have been made earlier when schools would be rebuilt, but the diversity of stakeholders in the sector caused the government to make an important decision to reopen schools.
The governor said that in the next two weeks, government officials would include dialogue with stakeholders in the protocol that would be adopted to continue schooling in the country.
Sanwo-Olu said: "There is still much to be done in this field. We see this industry as very different. However, we will continue online training for our university.
For primary and secondary schools, we will engage the Ministry of Education, the Lagos State Security Commission, and others, and make concrete decisions about school reform that will involve stakeholders in detailed discussions for two more weeks.
"Because of the large number of stakeholders in this sector, they made us comment on education," he stated.
The Governor of Lagos assured parents and schools owners that schools could be reopened as soon as the government and stakeholders agreed on policies and protocols to face the deadly corona virus.
For the future of the nation, let the stakeholders think fast and reopen the schools.
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