Apparently satisfied with
the near containment of
the deadly Ebola Virus
Disease (EVD), the Federal
Government Friday
directed all private and public primary and
secondary schools to
reopen for 2014/2015
academic activities on
September 22. Apparently satisfied with the near containment of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Government Friday directed all private and public primary and secondary schools to reopen for 2014/2015 academic activities on September 22. The decision to reopen the schools earlier than the October 13, 2014, was reached at a meeting between the Minister of Education and State Commissioners for Education in Abuja. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, said the
meeting was satisfied with the measures put in place to contain the virus so far. To ensure a hitch-free academic session, Shekarau said all State Ministry of Education have been similarly directed to continue to work in collaboration with health workers in the monitoring of the schools before and after reopening.
The decisions reached at the meeting reads: “At the end of this emergency meeting, the following decisions were arrived at as preventive measures to which has been put in place to ensure the safety and well-being of all students in our schools throughout the Federation.
“All Primary and Secondary schools, both Public and Private which were supposed to remain closed until Monday 13th October, 2014 will now reopen on Monday 22nd September, 2014 www.theeagleonline.com.ng/fg-directs-schools-to-reopen-sept-22/