SCHOOL REOPENING: UNICEF CONTRIBUTION


By Emmanuel Olorunsola


 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that it is working hard in contribution to safe school reopening has declared by the Federal Government, considering the importance of health to societal development.

Mrs. Azuka Menkiti, Education Specialist, UNICEF, Abuja made this known on Wednesday while speaking with the newsmen during a  Zonal Stakeholders Dialogue School Re-Opening Readiness  in Akwanga, Nasarawa State.

Menkiti said that  UNICEF has developed a template to ensure safe school resumption while soliciting for traditional rulers and relevant stakeholders support in ensuring that the environment is safe for students and teachers.

"We have organised a similar meeting  on Monday for policy makers made up of state commissioners in order to ensure safe school reopening.

"And today, we are organising this stakeholders dialogue for traditional rulers, SBMC, PTA, NAPPS among others  on safe school reopening in order to ensure safety of our children and teachers.

"UNICEF and Federal Government  are committed and working hard in order to ensuring safe school reopening, hence the need for this stakeholer dialogue, ” she said.

The UNICEF official said that the meeting was aimed at sharing and reviewing school reopening readiness template and to get the views of stakeholders and their support towards school reopening.

" We are here specifically to share and review the draft school reopening readiness template as adapted from the school reopening guidelines.

"To agree on expected roles and responsibilities at all levels of education governance towards safe return to school.

"To commit to minimum expectations and standards for safe return to school and to agree on best decisions in learning recovery upon school resumption,” she said.

Mentiki also advocated for the continued use of face masks, frequent hand washing, hand sanitizers  by students and teachers  among other Nigerians as precautionary measures against COVID-19, adding that COVID-19 is real.

She urged stakeholders to continue to educate and sensitize their children and other people  on the need to continue  adhering to COVID-19 protocols.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dialogue had in attendance NCDC, SUBEB, School Basec Management Committee (SBMC), National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS),  Parents Teachers Association (PTA), traditional rulers  among others from the North Central zone.

They all lauded UNICEF and the Federal government on safe school reopening initiative while assuring of their support to ensure the safety of students and teachers.

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