COVID-19: Reopen on January 18 – NUC tells Varsities
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed vice-chancellors of universities to commence academic activities on January 18, in accordance with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) team on COVID-19.
Public varsities have been closed since March 2020 following a strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the necessary lockdown due to coronavirus.
The union suspended its strike on December 23, 2020 after the federal government met their demands.
According to a statement signed by NUC’s Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, he called on the tertiary institutions to safeguard lives by strictly adhering to all laid down protocols by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
“I am to add that universities on resumption of academic activities, must under no circumstance violate the full cycle of the semester system, consistent with the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) approved by the NUC, as well as other extant quality assurance standards and guidelines,” NUC’s statement noted.
Really, what difference will it make.? Please Assu has been on strike for long, they should allow people to go back to the class room
This is good news for the students.
As we will all be returning to skul I can’t wait
Its good for school to resume but all this inter state movement and school lectures will makes it hard for students to follow COVID prevention protocol….
First and foremost, have you provided all what they need for them such as nose mask, hand sanitizer and thermometer to check their temperatures immediately they are entering the school.
Congrats to the returnee and freshers, at last you later resume the school, I hope the ASUU won’t go back to their strike?
I hope they make preparation for social distancing in the school because many would travel back to their various school and if care is not taking they might back with COVID-19 and spread it to others.
That’s good news to the students but this thing also involve money, may Almighty God provides for the parents of the students.
Congratulations to the Nigerian student, I plead to the federal government to provide there needs like covid-19 materials