By Emmanuel Adigwe
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has stated that it is too risky to reopen schools now.
He stated this in Abuja during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 describing the news that schools will reopen June 12 as fake.
He said: “Any reopening of school would involve the advice of experts on when it is safer to reopen schools.
“This is to avoid the mistake of shipping the students in and out of school.”
“I’ll not want to experiment with your children.
“What we’re planning is to bring those that’ll be exiting from Junior Secondary to Senior and those who will be writing the West Africa Examinations Council to write their promotion exams.
“We’re, however, looking at when the interstate lockdown will be reopened so the children can move to write their exams in their schools.”
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, also supported the claim of the minister stressing that schools should remain closed so that the safety of the children will not be compromised.
He said: There was also the recent case of Israel that also reopened the schools and shut them again.
“So, we should learn from what’s happening to others.”
