The Federal Government has ordered the full reopening of schools at all levels nationwide for academic activities from 12th October.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who announced this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, said the decision was reached after due consultations with stakeholders and Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
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The Federal Government had ordered the closure of schools nationwide in March 2020 following the outbreak COVID-19 pandemic.
Adamu said with the level of preparations put in place to test ad flattening of the infection curve, the government has come to the conclusion that the earlier decision was reviewed to allow reopening of schools at all levels.
He urged the colleges to abide by the COVID-19 protocol guidelines developed to curtail the spread of the virus and threatened to shut down schools, whether government or privately owned, that fail to obey the protocols.