The Federal Government on Tuesday ordered that all
primary and secondary schools in the country should resume on October 13, 2014
because of the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
The Federal Government announced that all private
and public primary and secondary schools should remain closed till..................
October 13,
as preventive measure against the spread of the deadly Ebola virus disease in
the country.
Minister of Education, Mallam Shekarau Ibrahim,
who briefed newsmen in Abuja after a consultative meeting with state
commissioners of education, warned that it would be a criminal act for any
school to reopen from the holidays, in contravention of the directive.
Shekarau said it was a unanimous decision of the
stakeholders at the meeting that the schools remained shut, while the Federal
Government continued in the efforts to eradicate the epidemic in the country.
The minister also announced immediate suspension
of all organised summer classes going on in the country.
The Federal Government also ordered all tertiary
institutions to suspend forthwith; staff and students exchange programmes, as
well as major international seminars and workshops until further notice.
Shekarau told newsmen that all state Ministry of
Education had been similarly directed to work in collaboration with health
workers in the monitoring of the schools before and after reopening.
He said each private and public school would be
required to train, at least, two desk officers, in collaboration with ministry
of health officials on how to handle any suspected case of Ebola and also
embark on immediate sensitization of all teaching and non-teaching staff in all
schools on preventive measures.
“Myself and all state commissioners of education
met today, August 26, to discuss issues related to the reopening of schools for
the new academic year (2014/2015) vis-à-vis the Ebola epidemic issue.
“The meeting was also attended by senior officials
of the Federal Ministry of Health. At the end of the meeting, the following
decisions, among others, were arrived at as preventive measures 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, are to remain closed until Monday, October 13, 2014 which is the
new school resumption date for all schools throughout the federation. This is
to ensure that adequate preventive measures are put in place before the
students report back to school.
“All state Ministries of Education are to
immediately organise and ensure that at least two staffers in each school, both
public and private, are trained by appropriate health workers on how to handle
any suspected case of Ebola and also embark on immediate sensitisation of all
teaching and non-teaching staff in all schools on preventive measures. This
training of staff must be concluded not later than September 15, 2014.
He charged all primary and secondary schools to
comply with the directives, while calling for support by state ministries of
education, to ensure effective implementation of the preventive measures.
Shekarau added that a meeting with all state
commissioners of education will hold on September 23, to review the situation
in all states.
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