Tuesday 1st September Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

Tuesday 1st September Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

1. FG, UNICEF develop safe schools’ re-opening template

THE Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Committee on Safe School Re-opening, on Monday, began a process for the development of school reopening readiness template...Read More

2. Discordant Tunes Over School Resumption  

As some states across the country announce dates and plans to reopen schools, the federal government has called for caution, urging them to learn from the experiences of other countries where the opening of schools led to an increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and fatalities...Read More

3. Open All Schools Now  – ABU Law Student Cries Out

The unanimous decision of Southwest governors to open schools for WAEC examinations could have made the federal government change its earlier decision which was to the contrary...Read More

4. Kogi announces resumption of schools on September 14

Kogi State Government has announced the reopening of schools on September 14, 2020, inclusive of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones who made the announcement in Lokoja on Tuesday, said the State Government arrived at…Read More

5. ASUU warns Buhari against reopening universities, lists consequences

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has warned the Federal Government against opening the Nation’s Universities without fully equipping them against COVID-19...Read More

6. University Lecturers Jettison IPPIS For UTAS In Payment System Row 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Benin zone, on Tuesday, backed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) in place of the federal government Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System, (IPPIS)…Read More

7. Bayelsa Announces Resumption Of Classes For Primary Six Pupils

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has approved the reopening of classes for primary six pupils in all public and private schools in the state. The directive will take effect from September 7, 2020..Read More

8. We’ll not do what Lagos did – Ogun State govt  

The Ogun State Government has said it is not ready to reopen schools at the moment. Following the directive of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to reopen schools in the state, there have been speculations that Ogun State might follow suit...Read More

9. Wuhan, Ground Zero for coronavirus epidemic, re-opens all schools

Students in face masks returned to class Tuesday in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, as the city opened schools and kindergartens for the first time in seven months...Read More

10. OAU yet to resume – Management

The Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has debunked the purported rumour of its resumption calculating on social media. A circular purportedly issued and signed by the University Registrar, which has gone viral, stated that the institution management has order students to resume...Read More