Pascal Arogorn Ibe
As tertiary institutions reopen next Monday in Lagos State , the state government says final- year students will go back to the classrooms before students on other levels .
Tokunbo Wahab, Special Adviser on Education to Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu, made this known on Thursday while featuring on Channels Television’ s Sunrise Daily programme
Schools in the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease .
But the Federal Government announced the resumption of graduating pupils last month to write this year’ s West African Senior School Certificate Examination from August 17, 2020, through September 12, 2020.
Sanwo- Olu had subsequently announced the reopening of schools in the state starting with tertiary institutions on September 14, 2020.
“ I am pleased to announce that our tertiary institutions will be allowed to reopen from September 14, 2020, all our tertiary institutions , ” the governor had said , adding that secondary and primary schools would resume a week after.
Speaking on Thursday, Wahab explained that the government had put in place necessary facilities and processes to ensure a safe reopening of classrooms in the state.
He also emphasised that the students in the state will resume in phases.
The governor ’ s aide said , “ Basically, we are at a point where scientifically we ’ ve been proven to have flattened the curve. And it invariably means that we are not as exposed as we used to be some five , four , three months back So , consequently, we have to find a way to bring our lives back to normal . And in doing that , education is very critical to whatever we are going to do .
“ In the past few weeks, we ’ ve been putting in place measures and facilities that will enable our children come back to school.
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