COVID-19:Rivers Schools Obey Preventive Guidelines

As the lockdown on schools is lifted to enable students write their Senior Secondary Schools Examination (SSSCE), The Tide went to town to ascertain the level of compliance to COVID-19 preventive measures in schools.
Revelations from three schools visited showed various levels of compliance to COVID-19 preventive protocols.
At Community Secondary School, Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor, virtually all the preventive measures were observed, but physical distancing among the candidates for the examination.
From the gate to the various offices, and the hall for the examination, there was hand washing points and hand sanitisers.
Also, teachers and students alike wore face mask in the examination hall, but physical distancing among the 200 students writing Literature in English (Paper I) did not adhere to the social distancing protocol.
At Emarid Collage, Port Harcourt, all the preventive measures were duly observed as there were relatively few candidates writing Literature in English, (Paper 2).
In Stella Maris College, also in Port Harcourt, there were relatively few candidates for Literature in English (Paper 3) prose.
COVID-19 preventive measures were duly adhered to, but for five candidates that did not wear face mask out of fifteen.
In an exclusive interview with the Principal of Stella Maris College, Port Harcourt, Rev Fr. Edward Patta, he stated that prior to the commencement of the examination, “the Catholic Examination Board organized a sensitisation meeting on COVID-19 for all principals of Catholic schools.
“The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) Board also trained all supervisors of the examination on COVID-19 preventive measures, and also gave necessary Personal Preventive Equipments (PPEs),” he said.

By: Sogbeba Dokubo