Schools reopening

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said it will shut down schools across the country if it continues to notice a spike in the number of confirmed cases. PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, stated this in a recent…

Members of the House of Representatives have faulted the Federal Government’s decision allow schools resume on Monday, January 18, 2021, amid coronavirus second wave in the country. Federal Government recently reiterated its decision…

Lagos State Government has confirmed that all public and private schools below tertiary level, will resume on Monday, January 18, which will be the start of the second term for 2020/2021 academic session. This affirmation was made on…

Federal Government on Thursday banned overcrowding and large gatherings such as assemblies and visiting days, as schools reopen on Monday, January 18. It also put limitations to class sizes and hostel occupancy and asked the schools to…

Federal Government has approved January 18 as resumption date for schools after reaching consensus with Governors, Commissioners and other stakeholders. According to TheNation, the decision was reached at a meeting between the…

Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha has revealed factors that contributed to the recent spike in infections in Nigeria. Speaking on Monday January 11 during a media briefing in Abuja, Mustapha stated…

Some members of Academic Staff Union of Universities have expressed their reservations about the January 18 resumption date for academic activities in all universities across the country. Tertiary institutions nationwide were closed…

Lagos State Government has ordered all public and private schools in the state to reopen for the second term 2020/21 academic session from Monday, January 18, 2021. This was announced on Monday in a statement signed by the…

Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools until further notice over the tension generated by protests against police brutality across the country. Thousands of Nigerians have been protesting…

Federal Government has issued new guidelines for resumption of schools across the country. Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday. The government…

Federal Government has approved the reopening all schools across the country, following six months of shutdown due to coronavirus pandemic. MDB reported that FG had since March ordered the closure of tertiary institutions, secondary…

Federal Government has warned against flouting COVID-19 safety guidelines during school reopening to avoid a spike in infections. It would be recalled that FG had asked school administrators to start preparing for the full reopening of…

Lagos State Government has released the academic calendar for the 2020/2021 session for both public and private schools. According to a statement by the Office of Education Quality Assurance, the Ministry of Education said that schools…

As the nation prepares for the reopening of schools, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has mandated schools to carry out weekly risk assessments while states and local governments are to conduct monthly and quarterly risk…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced September 21 as date for reopening of primary and secondary schools in the state. Fayemi, who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday evening, also directed that tertiary…