Private schools in Lagos State resumed yesterday, despite the state’s postponement of resumption till October 8. However, it appears there is a division within the ranks of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Lagos State chapter.
Private schools under the umbrella of the Association of Formidable Educational Development (AFED) resumed yesterday, despite the decision of their public schools counterparts not to resume.
Amid uncertainty, following the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), pupils in Kogi State returned to school yesterday after about three months holidays.
The government has begun distribution of preventive materials to schools across the 21 local governments.
Items distributed included soaps, buckets with tap heads, thermometers and hand gloves.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Agnes Okai, told The Nation that the measure formed part of a plan to re-introduce personal hygiene in schools.
Her words: “We are also providing these in the rural areas where tap water is rare. They have motorised borehole and they can fill these buckets and pupils can wash their hands and, by so doing, the culture of hygiene will return to our schools and colleges.
“Besides Ebola, the plan of the Federal Government is for the culture of hygiene to return to our schools and colleges.”
Public and private schools in Delta State complied yesterday with the September 22 resumption date, as schools were reopened.
Teachers and pupils were seen in classes, although serious academic work had not begun.
A teacher, who asked for anonymity, hailed the government for keeping to the resumption date. She said the state was free from EVD.
She, however, advised the government to provide water in public schools to promote hygiene.
Public and private primary and secondary schools resumed yesterday in the 18 local governments in Ondo State, in compliance with government’s directive.
However, not all schools had the necessary preventive materials to prevent EVD.
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