Cross River Govt. On Proposed June 16 Resumption For School
All public schools in Cross River State are set to resume June 16, as Governor Ben Stade reveals special protective measures for children and others who will come in contact with them.
Senator Ben Ayade announced this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Christian Ita yesterday, as he unveil the PPE made at the state owned garment factory.
The State Commissioner for Education in Cross River, Mr Godwin Amanke said a trial resumption of schools will commence on June 16, 2020.
“Students will wear face masks and face shield to school. Once at the school gate, the children will wash their hands and legs. Hand sanitizer will also be used. When the children enter the classroom, they will remove the face mask and use only the face shield so as to get enough ventilation”, Amanke said.
“Upon closure, they will wear back their masks and wear the shields and go back home. Teachers will wear same and under go the same coronavirus protocols in the classroom “.
The governor said that production of the protective gears (for free) was part of his administration’s effort to fight COVID-19.
Ayade implored the Federal Government to support his latest cause, saying, “I think that the Federal Government will be excited to encourage the resumption of schools because obviously the coronavirus has come to stay with us and the reality is that countries that have attempted to resume schools have had to contend with the increase prevalence of the virus but obviously how long can we wait as a country “.
“I think it is wise for kids to go back to school and I have seen this happened in China where kids are back to schools with their nose masks and shields. So you wear your nose mask and you wear your face shield when you get to school. You drop the mask and wear only your shield to allow for more ventilation and more breathing.
This idea by the Cross River State governor is very inappropriate for students
Students traveled back to their states due to the covid 19 pandemic
How do they start travelling back on short notice
And besides this resumption puts fear in the students and more or less their parents
As the only state in Nigeria without any case of covid 19
We should try to avoid it
But reopening school will disrupt physical distancing by students
Which no one can avoid no matter how careful, because children will be children