Pupils in at least 15 states in the country will not return to their classrooms today as directed by the Federal Government.
This is because in most of the states,
teachers are insisting that safety measures must be put in place to
protect them and their pupils from contracting the deadly Ebola Virus
Disease.
In some of the states like Lagos and
Ogun, the governments opted not to comply with the September 22 date
until necessary Ebola safety kits were put in place in their schools.
Also, the gates of the 104 Unity Schools in the country will be shut from today as their teachers commence an industrial action.
The other states where normal academic
activities will not resume are Rivers, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Benue, Niger,
Zamfara, Adamawa, Kano, Kwara, Kogi, Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi states.
Teachers in Lagos will be on duty today but pupils will remain at home until October 8.
There had been controversy over the
directive by the Federal Government that schools should resume on
September 22 since the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease had been
contained in the country.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers however
ordered its members to shun academic activities until the government
provided gadgets in schools to ensure not only their safety but that of
their pupils.
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola,
after meeting on Sunday with public school headteachers, said the
decision was to ensure that schools in the state were safe for both
the teachers and their pupils.
He said, “On this issue of resumption, we are on the same side. We are all concerned about safety in the schools.
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