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If the decision by the government to reopen schools on 29th April had proceeded, learners, teachers and other staff could have been exposed to structural damages occasioned by the current floods and a looming health crisis.
Beyond the “what-ifs” of the situation, lie the true reason why schools were not re-opened -- years of ignored structural defects and lack of proper legislature and frameworks to deal with disaster management by the previous and current governments, with the flopped schools' reopening as the first exhibit.
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Flopped schools’ reopening exposes govt’s questionable decision making, poor disaster management
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