Lagos state government, through
the Office of Education Quality Assurance, reportedly hinted that it shut down
two schools over the COVID-19 scare on Tuesday, June 6, 2021. The affected
school according to an unidentified source from the ministry include Lagoon
Girls’ Secondary School and Standard Bearer School.
The management of Standard Bearer
has however reached out to the press to debunk the report promulgated by a
faceless source.
Modupe Oni, the Executive
Director of Standard Bearers School, who painted the true picture of the event
stated that it was the school, SBS Lekki that took the initiative and shut the
school immediately. It was also the school that informed the Lagos State
authority on the situation in the school and the steps she took according to the guidelines laid out by Lagos State
Quality Assurance Department in their post COVID protocols.
“No official from the states
Ministry of Education or the Quality
Assurance has visited our school as at the today".
She went on to explain that
"One of our parents whose
whole family have had their full dosage of COVID Vaccine, tested positive to
COVID-19. They tested the child who was also positive. Within two hours of
hearing the news, we conducted a risk assessment immediately and then decided
to shut down the school the following day. We also hinted the authority of the
situation of things and the modality that has been fashioned out by the
school", she narrates,
She expressed her disappointment
over the fabricated narrative, which seems like a deliberate attempt to
undermine the school’s long-standing integrity, credibility and value.
“It's very embarrassing to read
this news as if the state took punitive measures against us when no such thing
happened.
“The story also misrepresented
our school as Standard Bearer Secondary School, when our programmes focuses
only early learning and grade school”, she said.
Read the schools issued statement
below:
*On Sunday, July 4th, 2021, a
parent advised the School Management that all members of their family who have
had their full dosage of COVID Vaccine, tested positive for COVID.
*On Monday morning, after
internal discussions, the School Management contacted LASG to report the case
through a written letter and the decision to shut down the school for 14days as
stated in the LASG protocol after which an inspection by LASG would be done
before re-opening
There are some important points
to make about the current situation:
LASG did not raid the school to
shut it down and there is no current evidence of COVID in the school
population.
SBS followed standard protocol
and notified LASG about the facts surrounding the situation.
*Besides, the family is doing
well with the sick parent responding to treatment. The child has no symptoms
but on medical consultations with a professional public health practitioner the
school decided to shut down in an effort
to contain any spread.
Whilst joining the Parent in
prayers for full recovery, we also use this medium to urge the public in
adhering to the COVID 19 safety rules at all times whether vaccine had been
received or not.
Olusola Seriki
Chairman,
Standard Bearers School,
Lekki – Lagos*
The management however demands a
retraction and apology for the misleading publication.
Dupe Oni is a renowned educator
and stateswoman. She is one of the very few women who have helped shape the
society we live in today, using the most powerful tool available: Education.
She is providing quality education to the children through her early learning
program. She has been doing this for the past 23 years and has managed to build
a world-class citadel of learning in the heart of Lekki, in Lagos, Standard
Bearers School, an early learning institution where academic and creative
talents were given similar priorities.
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