The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to go on strike after the Federal Government approval of Monday 22nd September as the new school resumption date.
NUT says if the government fail to put in place measures to protect the teacher, students, non-teaching staff and school environment from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The Federal Government says schools are to resume 22nd September as there is no scientific basis for schools to remain shut.
NUT President Michael Alogba said that don't the Government know that the immunity level of children is not as high as that of adult. Why do you want to open schools when you have not cleared out the Virus, when about 400 people are under surveillance in Port Harcourt and Lagos?
The NUT President stated that the 2014 World Teachers’ Day scheduled for October 5 would not hold, saying that teachers should rather be allowed to use the day to organise all necessary sensitisation programmes to get themselves ready for school resumption.
In reaction to threat by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) to embark on a nationwide strike as a result of school resumption date moved forward by the federal government, President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed for a rethink.
Addressing journalists yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President pleaded with the NUT not to embark on the proposed industrial action, noting that there was no longer cause for alarm as the country is now almost free and well prepared to stem any new cases of Ebola that may emerge.
The President explained that the continued shutting down of schools will only amount to the continuous stigmatization of Nigerian citizens as this sends out the wrong signals.
Parents are saying my children wont resume until, am clear about this EVD in the country. The Government are heartless, their schooling abroad, and they are planning to put other peoples children's lives in danger.
Governor Mukhtar Yero Ramalan of Kaduna State at the 1st Workshop in the Federation for teachers on Ebola on Thursday 11th of September, 2014 said #116 million will be earmarked for the training and sensitization of teachers in all Public and Private Schools within the 3 Senatorial zones in Kaduna. Schools are free to resume in October 2014 if they were yet to be prepared against the scourge.
He plans to train 13,000 teachers on the prevention of Ebola, provide each school with 2 thermometers if the students population is 500 and below, 4 thermometers for schools with 1000 students but the schools can provide more thermometers if necessary.
Before resumption, all schools must organize a workshop on Ebola, provide buckets, liquid soap in all classrooms for the students and replace the batteries of their Clinical Thermometer.
Also, no private School must increase school fees without following necessary laid down rules at the Flag off training workshop for teachers organized by the state.
In Port Harcourt, later this month more than 5,000 teachers gathered on September 15 to hear teams from the Ebola Emergency Operation Centre (EEOC) talk of the dreaded disease. “With schools set to reopen this month, it is crucial that teachers understand how this disease is spread and how to protect oneself, so that they can pass...
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