Schools not to be resumed on June by minister of Education state affairs

It is true that Nigerians, especially students are hopeful to return by back to school, following an alleged news that schools have been slated to resume on the 8th of June, 2020.

As of today the hashtag #backtoschool have been trending on twitter, which means that Nigerian students are tired of staying at home and will love for schools to reopen as soon as possible.

Without thwarting the hopes of the students, here are some indices that should suffice the uncertainty surrounding school resumption.

1. As at today there is no official notice by any government body stating that schools will resume in June.

The assumption that schools are resuming in June is probably based on the initial notice given by the government back in March, instructing all 104 unity schools in the country to close on or before 26th of March FOR ONE MONTH.

The federal ministry of education, on their Facebook page clearly refuted claims that schools are Resuming in June as fake news. (on the 8th of May 2020).

Also the minster of state for education Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has also stated clearly that the news of school resumption is not validated. And there is no confirmation that school will actually reopen on the 8th of June 2020 from higher authorities.

2. Increasing number Covid19 index cases;

with the ever increasing cases of coronavirus recorded daily, Nigerians might need to start bracing themselves up for a total lockdownp. Otherwise we might see an exponential increase in the number of cases if school reopens. At as today the total number of index cases for Covid19 is 8,068. Putting Nigeria as the third African country with the highest number of Covid19 cases.

3. Also, the National Center For Disease Control NCDC, is yet to release any recent guidelines for reopening of schools if the news of school resumption were true.

Since the federal government is yet to set a definite date for the opening of schools across the country.

parents, schools, and students should please disregard any rumour until government releases an official statement.

God bless Nigeria!