Cross River Begins Trial Reopening of Schools

Cross River State has begun the trial reopening of schools.

This was disclosed during the supervision of the phased trial resumption of schools in the state by officials of the state’s Ministry of Education on Tuesday June 16, 2020.

All schools in the state were shut shortly after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The trial took place simultaneously in three public schools in the three senatorial districts of the state.

The schools are West African People’s Institute, Calabar, in the Southern Senatorial District; Government Secondary School, Ikom, in the Central Senatorial District; and Government Secondary School, Igoli in the Northern Senatorial District.

During the resumption of WAPI, only Senior Secondary School 1-3 students were in school with their face masks and face shields.

The students were told on the assembly ground by their principal, Mrs. Mercy Etim, to go home and wait for further information on when they would return to school.

State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Godwin Amanke, said that in the next phase, the school would be decontaminated before the students and teachers would resume.

“I am not happy that we are going to stay at home again. I thought we were going to resume fully. It has been very boring staying at home for so long,” one of the students said.

Source : The Punch