Education Minister Debunks Report Of Schools’ Reopening
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says no date has been fixed yet for full schools’ resumption despite continues talks between the Federal Government and stakeholders.
Nwajiuba said this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.
He however
expressed optimism that the date for resumption was around the corner, adding,
that “we are not going to be brandishing dates.”
According to him, he and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, met some
stakeholders in tertiary education earlier in the day on the issue.
Nwajiuba said about 78 privately-owned universities were insisting that they
were ready for resumption while the response from government-owned universities
was still “50-50.”
He said that after aggregating opinions, he would return to the PTF to review
the situation and then go ahead to make a pronouncement.
The minister pleaded with students of tertiary institutions protesting the
continued closure of their schools to be a little more patient with the
government as they search for the best possible solution.
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