Education

10 schools sealed for violating COVID-19 closure order

Sanwo-Olu

.. its only the living that learns.

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sealed – off 10 private schools caught violating the COVID-19 closure of schools order of the state government and the country at Large.

The development followed the visitation of many private schools in the state by the Monitoring team of the Lagos State Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni.

While on the visit, the Monitoring and Investigation team caught some of the private schools violating the order and have since sealed them off.

Ayeni said they were violating the order there by spreading the virus rather than help in the containment of the virus and wondered why the haste to start learning emphasising that it’s only the living that learns.

Folasade Adefisayo Education Commissioner, Lagos State

She said, “No doubt, COVID-19 has had a negative effect on our schools but we want students to come out stronger and better.

”We want to make sure schools are closed. We also want to make sure schools are adhering to the closure directive since the number of COVID-19 infections has increased dramatically over time.”

“This is a unique time in the entire world, therefore, it is only the living that learns,” Ayeni stated.

The DG encouraged parents to adopt the online schooling system for their children for now until normality is restored as it is the trend world over today.