With the recent Federal Government orders that both the
public and registered private primary and secondary schools that were meant to
resume on September 15th and postponed to October13th be reversed to
the previous date in September attributed to the outbreak of Ebola Virus
Disease in the country has elicited reactions from Nigerians.
In Edo State, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Education Mrs. Gladys Idahor on behalf of the Commissioner said sequel to the
meeting of the 36 Education commissioners with the Federal Minister of
Education Ibrahim Shekarau to enable all states take precautionary measure
against the spread of Ebola Virus in schools, the state Government has scheduled
a training programme for two teachers each in both public and private schools.
She said aside the trainees, the government has also put in
place some health officers from the state Health ministry and monitors to complement the teachers’efforts in order
to arrest the scourge in case of any outbreak in Edo Schools.
Mrs. Idahor said the days of the training for the two
teachers in each school for two days will be slated for 2nd week of
September in the three senatorial district of Edo State.
Some Nigerian Parents who reacted to this development of Federal
Government reversal of school resumption date to September appreciated the
decision and said it was what they believed the government thought right in
their wisdom to save lives in schools against the deadly Ebola virus disease.
CHRISTO AY, STV News Benin.
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