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Lagos State Government Says Only Final-Year Students Will Resume Sept. 14
By Emmanuel Awosika
Only final-year students will be allowed to resume when tertiary institutions reopen in Lagos State on September 14.
This was revealed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Tokubo Wahab, during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels TV program.
The Federal Government had closed schools in March as part of a nationwide lockdown meant to stall the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
However, it ordered a partial reopening in August to allow secondary school students in JSS 3 and SSS 3 classes to write their final exams.
Sequel to this, the Lagos State Government announced the reopening of tertiary institutions in the state which will start on September 14.
Mr. Wahab indicated that measures are in place to ensure a safe reopening of schools in the state.
“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,” the Governor’s aide said.
“Even at that, what we seek to do from next week is to start a phased reopening of our tertiary institutions.
“On the 14th we have announced that our tertiary institutions are going to open to our students for the first time after six months.”
He revealed that only students in their final year would resume when tertiary institutions reopen because they are more mature and are likely to abide by NCDC guidelines on preventing spread of COVID-19.
He said, “For our tertiary (institutions) from on the 14th, we are going to start with the final-year students across our tertiary institutions. With those final-year students, we are sure that they are older, they are more mature, and they are going to meet up with the protocol as put in place by the institutions based on the regulations of the NCDC (Nigeria Centre for Disease Control).
“After we have phased them out, maybe after their exams, then, those in the penultimate year will come on campus. So, we are not going to put all our students on campus at the same time.”
