…Urges them to adhere strictly to COVID-19 preventive measures
To ensure the safety of primary school pupils from the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), Akwa Ibom State Universal Basic Education Board has distributed thousands of face masks to schools in the State, as school resumes for academic activities.
Presenting the items, which was donated by Female Appointees of Governor Udom Emmanuel, at St. Michael’s Primary School grounds, Effiat Offot, Uyo, the Executive Chairman, SUBEB, Akwa Ibom State, Prof Maria Ikorok tasked the pupils on proper use of the face masks in order to forestall the spread of COVID-19.
Prof Ikorok, urged the head teacher to cascade to the teachers within their school the knowledge gained from the last Akwa Ibom State Government’s COVID-19 training programme.
He charged the teachers to sensitize the pupils on the need to regularly wash their hands, observe social distancing in class and also attend to any case of illness noticed among pupils.
She commended Governor Emmanuel for being proactive and also personally leading the fight against COVID-19 in the state promptly paying teacher’s salary as a palliative to attend to their needs even while at home.
The Don noted that Governor Udom has a commitment to improving the education and health sectors, as witnessed in the improved status of schools and the health facilities in the State.
She tasked teachers to be exemplary by adhering strictly to COVID-19 protocol and prevention guidelines, so that the children will replicate and save the State from the spread of the deadly virus.
The Don who was represented by the Director, Social Mobilisation, SUBEB, Mrs. Ammah Israel, directed the teachers to immediately commence teaching with Primary Six pupils, in preparation for their placement examination billed to hold in the next two weeks.
The SUBEB boss in company of the Director of School Services, SUBEB, Mrs. Mandu Ekpenyong, Director Pre-Primary/Primary School, Ministry of Education, Barr. Theresa Attih and Head of Training, SUBEB, Mrs. Charity Namseh also visited St. Patrick ‘s School, Iboko Offot, Uyo, Christ the king Catholic School, Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo and other schools, where pupils filed out to receive the face masks one after another and were orientated on the proper use of the face mask.
In their separate remarks, the head Teacher, St. Michael’s Primary School grounds, Effiat Offot, Uyo, Deaconess Victoria Jacob and St. Patrick ‘s School, Iboko Offot, Uyo, Mrs. Etim Bassey, appreciated the donour for the kind gesture and promised to uphold the COVID-19 protocols and prevention guidelines.
