COVID-19: FG gives fresh guidelines for schools before resumption

The Federal Ministry of Education has proposed that schools must create isolation spaces before reopening.

This was contained in the ‘Guidelines for schools and learning facilities reopening after COVID-19 pandemic closure’, submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday.

It's been reported that schools are “required to create temporary isolation spaces and fully-equipped clinics before reopening”.

They have also been mandated to “establish a referral system, including protocols and procedures to take if learners, teachers, administrators, and other education personnel become unwell while in schools”.

The guidelines also required proprietors to construct additional structures and employ more teachers to ensure that they accommodate their students by adhering to the two-metre spacing system in classrooms.