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Low Attendance As Students Resume Schools
Final year students of both primary and secondary schools in Benue State resumed on Tuesday in preparation for their final examinations.
Correspondents who went round some schools in Makurdi, the state capital, observed that there was low attendance of students in schools.
Some of the schools visited are Mt. St. Gabriel’s Secondary School, Government Secondary School, Government Model School, Arabic School and Holy Ghost School, LGEA Primary School, all in Makurdi.
At Mt. St. Gabriel Secondary School, Makurdi (a missionary school), the Principal, Rev. Fr. John Asen, said out of the 300 students expected, less than 100 had resumed on Tuesday.
“We have fumigated the schools and provided hand sanitisers and hand washing equipment in line with the COVID-19 safety rules. Our students are being checked in at the gate. Our level of compliance is about 99 per cent.
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“We are expecting almost 300 students back, but the number of students that came turned up today is not yet up to a hundred. They got the notice last week and still didn’t attended lectures.
Also, in Delta State, it was a low turnout in some secondary schools on Tuesday as students resumed academic activities in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols after four months shutdown.
Some of the returning students were visibly happy as they expressed joy over the resumption and promised that they would observe all the safety protocols.
The state government, in ordering the schools reopening, had put in place some stringent measures for the resuming students based on COVID-19 protocols put in placed by the NCDC to curtail the spread of the pandemic.
In the Federal Capital Territory, schools on Tuesday re-opened following a directive by the FCT Education Secretariat.
At the Government Secondary School, Byazhin, Senior Secondary 3 students were seen wearing face masks.
In Ogun State, private and public secondary schools reopened on Tuesday for students in the exit class in compliance with the directive of the state government.
The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, had on Wednesday, directed that the schools be opened for the students in the SS3 classes to enable them take the West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled to commence on August 17.
Correspondents had visited some schools in the Abeokuta metropolis on Tuesday and observed that all the schools had hand-washing buckets and sanitisers at their entrances, corridors and other strategic points.
Students who wore face masks were also seated in such a way that there was enough distance among them.
Some of the schools visited are Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta; Baptist Boys High School, Isaje; Abeokuta Girls Grammar School, Onikolobo.
In Cross Rivers State, some schools in were still getting fully prepared for resumption of SSS3 students when one of our correspondents visited them on Tuesday.
In schools, such as Hope Waddel Training Institution in Diamond Hill, Calabar, students were seen cleaning the classrooms, while the school authorities were placing bucket taps at strategic locations for hand-washing. Water also was never a problem in the school as four taps were erected close to the school gate.
But it was different with Bayelsa State as the government promised to shut private schools not registered with the Ministry of Education as schools resume on Wednesday (today).
However, in Osun State, government on Tuesday said it had commenced fumigation of all 188 public schools that would present students for external examinations, as well as some privately owned ones.
In Rivers State, Governor Nyesome Wike approved the reopening of secondary schools with effect from Wednesday (today).
This was written in a special government announcement by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, on Tuesday.
The statement said the governor’s directive followed satisfactory preparation for the re-opening of schools in the State.
The governor also said the reopening was to allow graduating students to revise with their teachers because of the upcoming examination.
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