Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, gave the directive at the PTF briefing on Thursday.

Aliyu, who directed them to conduct risk assessment, said the reopening would be done in phases.

“For educational institutions which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. Educational institutions should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase,” he said.

“However, we strongly recommend that states conduct risk assessment to ensure all schools are at a level of compliance and create a monitoring mechanism to assess, create, and monitor this level of preparedness.

Meanwhile, daycare centres should remain closed until this level of risk is assessed. If there will be opening of schools, it must be stage and preferably carried out in phases to ensure that this does not pose a risk to the public and in particular to vulnerable groups that might end up getting infected by students going back home.”

The federal government had ordered a nationwide closure of schools in March to check the spread of COVID-19.

But in July, the government approved reopening of schools for students who are currently sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Okay

Who will enforce monitoring and precautions? the schools that have not earned a dime since lockdown well, it will reduce the population of those who might participate in any revolutionary protest Smart government

What’s the essence of Education in the 21st century?

I find their confusion difficult to understand. When is school reopening? Simple.

is that virus finally gone?

This is foolishness and nonsense in the sight of the presidential task force. That those students should wait till some funny mechanism is put in place to monitor students from contacting covid-19 and taking it back home to infect people is laughable. Do u really think that with no social distancing in markets, churches, mosques, parks, bet Naija shops, even in homes talkless of wearing face masks that if covid-19 was rampant or even half as this rubber stamp presidential task force are making us to believe that students in their homes or their parents would not have been reported in mass cases of death across Nigeria. shaking my head for this 21st century scam.