“Our schools will only open when we believe it is safe for our children and that is when the situation is right, not when the rate of the (COVID-19) infection is going up in the nation. I just wan...
“Our schools will only open when we believe it is safe for our children and that is when the situation is right, not when the rate of the infection is going up in the nation. I just want to make it clear. We will not open soon for examination or for any reason, even the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, unless it is safe for our children. The West African Examination Council cannot determine for us what to do.
Whether it was the right decision to take or not will be decided by Nigerians and posterity. However, I don’t think it was a right one; especially in a country where the quality of education has dropped drastically over the years. From academic calendar instability and increase in number of out-of-school children, it certainly appears to me that Federal Government’s decision will only add sour to the already existing injury in the educational sector.
If the full re-opening of schools would be a setback in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, the government should consider students in terminal classes who are set to write crucial exams. After all, schools have been reopened in Oyo State since July 6 and by adhering to the laid down safety protocols, they are doing just fine.
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