The Government of Lagos State has elucidated that it doesn’t have the authority to order schools across the state to re-open.
However, this was made known by Folashade Adefisayo, the Lagos state Commissioner for Education, during an online programme, ‘Covinspiration show,’ chaired by a United Nations (UN) Youth Ambassador, Dayo Israel in Lagos, while giving scorecard of the Lagos State Governor led government within the last one year.
The commissioner stated that the State government was meeting with officials of the Federal Ministry of Education to draw up measures ahead schools re-opening.
As stated by the commissioner: “Like other sectors already approved by the Federal Government to reopen, the state government is meeting with officials of the Federal Ministry of Education to design guidelines that must be adopted before the schools will be reopened.
“We are watching the behaviour of the pandemic to see what happens next and we are working with the Federal government on the reopening of the schools in the country as soon as possible.
“This is not a decision that any state can unilaterally take on its own. If we are certain that the children are safe, we will reopen the schools for learning to resume.
“We are already working with the Federal Ministry of Education and they are working with National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on the guidelines that could be adopted when the need arises for the schools to reopen.
“After the protocol is completed and health officials assured us that the coast is clear, we will give the schools some days to adjust their premises in accordance with the guidelines on commencement of academic activities”.
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