The Federal Government, on Thursday, released new guidelines for the reopening of schools in the country, following the lockdown and staggered curfew as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, gave out the new guideline in a briefing in Abuja.

Aliyu said: “The Federal Ministry of Education, the PTF and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, have developed guidelines to ensure schools can reopen, minimise the risk of transmission and continue to operate safely.

“Schools and educational bodies that plan to reopen must have detailed communication protocols that include parents, school health teams, school authorities and local (and) state officials.

“They must also have a system for providing regular updates for parents, staff and relevant authorities as well as communicate changes to procedures effectively and clearly as well as taking effective measures to understand how COVID-19 can spread and how to mitigate the spread in line with official guidelines.