School reopening: Safety of students, teachers our priority - Lagos

As a follow up to its announced plan to reopen schools, the Lagos State government through the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA, has flagged off training for school owners, associations and educators on Covid-19 safety measures for reopening of schools.

The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu announced two weeks ago that tertiary institutions in Lagos will reopen from September 14 while primary and secondary schools will join from September 21.

Director-general, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Abiola Seriki-ayeni, at the commencement of the two-day training on Tuesday, said that the objective was to prepare schools for a safe and hitch-free reopening with the provision of templates and processes for assessing the readiness of schools across the state.

“School owners, leaders of schools and educators are being trained to have a seamless registration process. The process involves registering to get a special code, which is the first part that involves selfassessment, training and verification for reopening clearance. Schools are to download the federal and Lagos state government reopening and safety guidelines from the agency website”, she explained.

The training themed ‘moving forward,’ covers segments for questions and answers to burning issues that schools may have as they strive to balance a strong education system with promoting health and safety.

Seriki-ayeni told BusinessDay at the workshop venue that the Office of Education Quality Assurance was responsible for ensuring and upholding standards in schools below tertiary level and has made the health and safety of students and teachers a priority.