Governors of the South-East states have resolved to open both public and private schools for exit classes only (JSS3 and SS3) to enable them prepare and take their West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams.
A communique of the South-East governors meeting held on Monday virtually revealed that the state governments had started decontamination of all the schools involved, including providing hand sanitisers and running water in line with national COVID-19 protocols.
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The communiqué signed by Prof. Uchenna Ortuanya, Director-General, South-East Governors Forum, stated that random sampling of COVID-19 tests should be conducted on the teachers and students.
“Health workers shall be sent to the schools to train the teachers and students on COVID-19 NCDC protocols and to also enforce same,” it stated.
“Governors do advise our dear teachers and our children to know that COVID-19 is real though not a death sentence, but prevention is better than cure.”
