Nigeria, July 6 -- A non-governmental organisation has cautioned the federal government against re-opening of schools even for final year students, while COVID-19 continues to spread.

Anap Foundation in a statement said its advice was necessary to avoid community-level transmission of COVID-19 among pupils and to avoid exposing the population to large-scale Infections.

Schools were shut across Nigeria on March 19 due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving some school authorities to adopt alternative modes of learning for students at all levels.

However, the federal government on June 29 approved what it called "safe reopening" of schools nationwide.

The government, through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) said only students...