The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Federal Ministry of Education have directed schools to conduct periodic (weekly) risk assessments. This is to review the gaps that may exist in reducing the risk of COVID-19 spread in schools, and tailor interventions to address these gaps.
FG directs schools to conduct weekly COVID-19 assessment
It was gathered that this was advised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,
Local governments and states were directed to conduct a monthly and quarterly COVID-19 risk assessment in schools respectively.
According to the NCDC, the assessment will determine schools’ level of compliance with safety protocols including physical distancing, hand-washing and the use of face masks, whose violation can put students at risk of COVID-19.across the country were shut in March as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19.
