Our reporter As pupils in private and public schools nationwide resume today from the Mid-Term break, continuing the 2023/2024 Third Term Academic Session, the Federal Capital Territory has underscored the importance of implementing measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of cholera in schools. The Director, FCT Secondary Education Board, Sani Ladan, said the board had sensitised schools’ principals and put in place measures, including sanitation, and monitoring of food vendors, to mitigate against the disease. He also said that the board had provided disinfectants, toilet papers, and hand washing points at the school toilet facilities to ensure compliance to hygiene guidelines, as well as bins to ensure proper sorting and disposal of waste.
“The (school) principals were sensitised to that issue, and there are so many measures that we are working on. One is the sanitation of the schools. Secondly, the food handling because even before now, all our cooks are well schooled on how to handle food issues.
From the store, to where they would prepare it, to how they would package it, and how the students will eat it, and how the plates will be gathered and washed. “And most of our schools now, we don’t even allow students to eat and drop anything anyhow. We have designed something like a bottle, so if there is anything watery or inside the water bottle, you will discard it there,” Ladan said.
He added that the board was working closely with the Public Health and Diseas.
