Following the training, teachers resumed their duties at their various schools on Monday.
The Commissioner for Education Mr. Salo Adikumo, inaugurated the training workshop for teachers.
The state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) had asked the government to train teachers on Ebola as a condition for resumption of schools. NUT argued that teachers despite being critical stakeholders were initially excluded from the training exercise organised by the state ministry of health.
Adikumo said, the state government had set up a task force in partnership with the Ministry of Health to curtail the disease.
He praised governments for making it possible for teachers to undergo the training. He urged participants to pay attention to the lectures and not hesitate to all ask questions on grey areas.
The resource person from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ebiye Soya, said the training was designed to educate teachers on Ebola preventive measures.
Soya said that the training would be accompanied with a written test which he insisted participants must pass.
After passing the test, he said that the teachers would be certified as experts on Ebola cases.
Soya noted that the essence of the training was to prevent human transmission of Ebola should there be a case in Bayelsa.
The Commissioner for Health Dr. Ayibatonye Owei, praised the teachers for their willingness to embrace the workshop despite the distance of the venue to their communities.
He said ministries were collaborating with government to ensure that EEVD is not spread to Bayelsa.
Owei presented 240 handheld thermometers, wash hand basins, and detergents to the Ministry of Education for distribution to the trained teachers.
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