…as commissioner describes as misleading reports alleging that it has directed all Schools and Markets to close down Anambra State government has dismissed as false and misleading reports alleging that it has directed all Schools and Markets in the State to be closed on December 15 and 20, 2022. Commissioner for information, Sir Paul Nwosu, in a
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The Imo Government has postponed resumption of schools in the state until Jan. 25 Schools due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha said. Ikegwuoha, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri on Monday, said the postponement was as a result of rising cases of
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As schools in Lagos state resume amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government has made it clear that government-owned schools will maintain the shift-system introduced last year when they reopened for the first term of the year. The shift system is to be continued to observe safety protocols necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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The Abia State government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state with effect from Monday, November 2, 2020. The announcement was contained in a statement signed and issued on Thursday by the State Commissioner for Education Dr KCK Nwangwa.. The statement added that all School
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The Imo state government has banned the collection of all manners of levies in the primary and secondary schools in the state. Rising from the weekly Executive Council (EXCO) meeting presided over by the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the government warned that any school head (Principal or Head Master) discovered to indulge in such act
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Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has directed that all schools in the state be closed due to rising flood water that had taken over homes, schools and farmlands. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, said the directive takes effect from Monday, October 19. Governor Diri said the decision was taken
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After about six months of stemming and preventing the spread of Covid-19, which of course led to the closure of all schools and borders, Federal government Friday ordered the reopening of all schools in the country. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja. He advised all institutions to
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The Imo State Government has announced the reopening of schools on Monday. The state government had said schools would reopen only when the body conducting COVID-19 test in the 27 councils had completed its assignment. The Federal Government shut down schools in the country in March because of the outbreak of the pandemic. In a
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As the nation prepares for the reopening of schools, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has mandated schools to carry out weekly risk assessments while states and local governments are to conduct monthly and quarterly risk assessments. Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head, Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, announced this on
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Almost six months after students were forced to vacate schools because of the outbreak of coranavirus pandemic, public and private schools in Anambra State have resumed academic session with strict COVID-19 safety checks as mandated by the state government and healthcare providers. The phased resumption which excludes crèche and nursery pupils is a follow-up to
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Students in exit classes returned to school in Anambra State yesterday after they were forced to stay at home for months due to COVID-19 threat. Investigations showed that every school enforced strict COVID-19 protocols. The Principal, Urban Girls’ Secondary School, Ekwulobia, Mrs Chioma Nwosu, said that about 80 per cent of her students returned to
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The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has announced September 21 date for reopening of primary and secondary schools in the state, ending months of school closure occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Fayemi who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday evening also directed that tertiary institutions in the state be opened to students
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Primary and secondary schools teachers in Imo State have threatened to go on strike following the failure of the state government to pay them for six months. The development has cast doubt on the planned reopening of schools in the state.The Federal Government had ordered the closure of all schools following a rise in coronavirus
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The Federal Government says state governments and school administrators should start making preparations for the full reopening of schools in the country. The DAILY VENDOR had earlier reported that schools in the country were shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. However, the FG announced the resumption
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday declared that in Nigeria today, over 14 million children that should be in school were not in school, and thereby deprived of education.Obasanjo made this known in Lagos at the virtual 2020 Fellowship Graduation Ceremony of the second cohort of “Teach for Nigeria Fellows”.Obasanjo said: “They are deprived of
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