School Resumption in Rivers State

Schools in Rivers State were suppose to resume on the 22^nd of sept but was shifted further to 8^th of October due to the ebola virus. As at 8^th of October some public schools were still not on. some of the teachers were not in school and some parents didn’t take their children to school. When some of the teachers that were seen in the school premises were asked why the schools are not functioning, they said they State Government hasn’t made provision for ebola facilities and inorder to avoid its spread, they had to shut the schools down until the facilities are brought.

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On the other hand, teachers and students in private schools around the state resumed yesterday. When visited by some media houses, they found all the ebola preventive facilities like, sanitizers, bucket and water which some of the students said they washed their hands with. Some of the private schools even urged their pupils to go to school with their personal handkerchief.

Yesterday the Commissioner for Health in the state Mr. Sampson Parker presented the ebola preventive facilities to the state government which means, schools are suppose to be up and strong today being the 9^th of October 2014.

And a warning has been giving to the teachers in public schools. Don’t start work until the ebola equipments are put in place in your school.