Seven states including Ogun, Katsina, Bauchi, Enugu, Sokoto, Gombe and   Ekiti on Sunday ruled out full reopening of schools, including tertiary institutions, despite the success recorded so far in the fight against  COVID-19.

Officials of the state governments, in separate interviews with Punch correspondents, said they would not follow the Lagos State example.

On Sunday, the Ogun State Government said it was not in a hurry to reopen tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools.

The government said it would avoid taking an uninformed decision to reopen schools because Lagos State had made the announcement to reopen schools.

In Ekiti, the Coordinator of the Ekiti State COVID-19 Response Task Force, Prof Bolaji Aluko, said the state government would observe happenings in the secondary schools.

The Enugu State Government also said it was in contact with the Federal Ministry of Education, saying there were no plans to reopen schools yet.

In Katsina State, the Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Education, Mallam Salisu Kerau,  said there was no notice yet on resumption of schools in the state.

In a response to an SMS sent to the Bauchi State Commissioner of Education, Dr Aliyu Tilde,  said, “Bauchi does not follow Lagos. We will open when we are ready.”

Also, the Gombe Sate Commissioner for Higher Education Dr. Meshack Audu, in an interview with  one of our correspondents, said, “No specific date at the moment, but we are monitoring the situation. Government is not happy that students have stayed at home this long. Government is doing everything possible to ensure their safe return.

You can read up the full details here.

Its important we add that aside Lagos State, no other state in Nigeria has announced resumption date for schools. Perhaps they are waiting for Federal Government signal.

So what do you think? Do you want all states in the country to follow Lagos State lead? Or do you want schools to resume next year?

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August 30th Update:  All Schools in Lagos To Reopen in September, Says Sanwo-Olu

After months of being shut down, schools in Lagos are set to re-open in September, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Saturday.

The Governor, in a regular briefing on the state’s COVID-19 status, said tertiary institutions in the state will re-open from September 14.

Primary and secondary schools are also tentatively scheduled to re-open from September 21.

“This decision is not cast in stone and is subject to review of our ongoing modelling and what procedure comes out from the Ministry of Health,” Sanwo-Olu said.

The Governor explained that the decision was based on indications that the pandemic has peaked in the state, as the number of new cases continues to steadily decline.

Sanwo-Olu reiterated that restaurants are now permitted to open for in-dining services in the state, although they must continue to ensure spaces are only filled up to 50 percent capacity at all times.

On the re-opening of event centres, bars, night clubs, beaches, cinemas, the Governor said a review will be done in September to decide whether to allow a re-opening of such public spaces.

Responding to a question on whether the Federal Government’s 10 pm curfew still holds in Lagos, Sanwo-Olu replied in the affirmative.

“These are challenging times for all of us,” he said.

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August 26th Update: We are ready to resume, varsity lecturers tell FG

Lecturers under the aegis of Congress of University Academics have asked the Federal Government to reopen tertiary institutions in the country.

CONUA is a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

CONUA made this known in a press statement on Wednesday after its National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja.

The statement, which was signed by CONUA’s National Coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, was titled ‘Stop intimidation of CONUA members’.

The lecturers urged FG to reopen universities as soon as possible.

The statement added, “The meeting called on the government to reopen universities as soon as possible as CONUA members are ready to resume work.

“It however added that everything necessary in terms of COVID-19 protocols must be put in place before reopening the universities in order to prevent students and staff from contracting the disease.

“CONUA further stated that the education sector cannot continue to stagnate, as it appears that COVID-19 would continue to be a threat and we must, in the circumstance, learn to strive to lead our normal life.

“Union thus urged the government to make available everything that can help our universities to resume work as is being done elsewhere in the world.”

CONUA also condemned alleged intimidation and harassment of some of its members by “some university administrations and some other unions within the University”.

The statement added in part, “While saluting those university administrations which held meetings to promote academic staff members during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Union condemned in strong terms those administrations who failed to organise such exercises, despite that several academic staff have been waiting for their promotions for a long time, with some spanning five to ten years.

“The Union received information to the effect that some universities held Senate meetings and Congregation elections but refused to convene any meeting to carry out the promotion of its members, simply because some people threatened that such promotions, if ever announced, will be reversed.

“CONUA leadership felt outraged by such pronouncements and expressed its resolve to support any efforts by university administrations to facilitate the due promotion of academic staff members.”

That’s the latest update for now. What’s your opinion on this? Do you support this Union of Lecturers? Use the comment box to share your opinion with us, Nigerian Students love reading them.

Remember: There’s still no official announcement from either Minister of Education or PTF that schools will resume 7th September. Ignore fake news. We will never update this page with a fake resumption date. We are closely monitoring the resumption date trend, as soon as there’s vital information, we will immediately update this page.

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August 23rd Updates:

1. Tertiary institutions will reopen very soon — Minister

The Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, on Saturday, assured Nigerian students languishing at their homes that tertiary institutions across the country will reopen very soon.

Though he did not give a specific date for the re-opening, he said he would articulate the situation report from the National Universities Commission, NUC, and other regulatory bodies of various tertiary institutions and present to the Presidential Task Force, PTF on COVID-19 for evaluation.

You can read the full details here.

2. FG has no plans for re-opening of universities – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action.

National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Professor Ogunyemi said the federal government has continually failed to fulfill its Memorandum of Action agreed in 2019, insisting that the federal government may trigger another round of crisis should it force ASUU members into the IPPIS Scheme.

He noted that unlike other sectors, nothing has been put in place by the federal government in accordance with the COVID-19 health protocols for reopening of schools adding that, “Students’ hostels, lecture rooms and laboratories do not meet standards of schools in other countries”, which he said is part of the reasons for the strike.

You can read up the full details here.

That’s the two latest updates we have for now. As soon as there’s any latest update on when school will resume, trust that we will update this page.

August 20th Update: Students Protest Closure Of Tertiary Institutions

Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students are demanding the reopening of Tertiary Institutions.

Taking to Abuja, the nation’s capital on Wednesday, the students carried placards, registering their displeasure over the continued closure of schools.

They argued that if the government can reopen major markets, some relaxation centres, religious centres, schools also should be reopened so as not to truncate the future of the Nigerian students.

Few photos from the protest:

As a result of the protest, there are speculations that Minister of Education will announce an exact date for resumption of all schools next week. But we are yet to confirm that. We will keep you posted once we do.

August 18th Update: FG replies NANS: We’ll reopen varsities when it’s safe to do so

The Federal Government has assured the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), that all schools in the country, including tertiary institutions, would reopened only when it is safe to do so.

The Chairman of Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, gave this assurance Monday at the briefing of the Task Force.

NANS had two weeks ago, noted that though the pandemic hit many nations across the globe, Nigeria should take appropriate steps to remedy the situation and let the society run as seamless as possible.

He said: “Today, the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) examinations commenced all over the country, like in other West African States, and the PTF is happy to note the high level of compliance with the protocols for the re-opening of exit classes. It is in this light that we appreciate the call by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for the reopening of tertiary institutions. As a listening government, we wish to state that education is topmost on the priority list and the reopening of our institutions remain critical, within set safety parameters.”

That’s all! We love reading your opinion/views and from recent comments on this page, most students are now working and want school to resume next year.

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August 13th Update: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) Announces Resumption Date for First Year Students.

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) formerly called Anambra State University (ANSU) seems to be the first Government-owned University to announce resumption date for students.

According to the school management, all COOU fresh students are to resume August 13th 2020 while their first semester exams will commence 20th August, 2020.

COOU calling students to resume school gives us hope that Tertiary Institution students will resume this year.

Talking about that, please note that there’s no official notice that schools will resume September 7th. Disregard any news stating otherwise.

We are monitoring the updates on school resumption and will update this page whenever there’s news.

August 11th Update: Will School Really Resume in September?

Lately most students have been asking us if it is true that all schools (tertiary institutions) in Nigeria will resume in September 2020?

ANS; THERE’S NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING SCHOOLS WILL RESUME in September.

However, there are strong indications that schools MIGHT resume September or maybe October.

Why do we think so?

1. National Universities Commission (NUC) directed all VC’s to ascertain Level of Preparedness for Safe Reopening of Varsities. Some schools like UNILORIN have indicated that they are ready to resume.
2. Over 10,000 COVID-19 patients were discharged few days ago. This seems to be a relief.
3. In a bid to end the ongoing strike, ASUU said they are ready to resume negotiations with FG.

Just to be clear again; we just assumed that schools might resume September or October 2020. There’s actually no official announcement yet.

We really look forward to such announcement?

How about you? What do you think? DO you also really think schools will resume September/October? Or Are you working already and don’t want to go back to school this year?

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