All students will begin classes later this month pertaining to the approval of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Education, schools are planned to open for term 2 on May 24 for all teachers and on May 25 for all students.
The Ministry in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services will ensure appropriate measures are in place for the safe return of students to school.
The ministry advises all students to avoid unnecessary movement, to stay home and engage in activities within the vicinity of their homes, and all teachers to start preparing lesson notes, teaching materials and make necessary preparations during this extended school break for the school reopening on May 24.
Parents are encouraged to become more involved with their children and provide value education during this time by engaging with their children in educational games, discussing issues with them, providing guidance to their children and other skill-based learning activities such as cooking, baking, sewing, gardening, reading newspapers, story-telling with some home-based numeracy learning such as calculating cost of grocery shopping and many more.
The term 1 school holidays was brought forward to Tuesday, April 20, after the announcement of the first COVID-19 transmission case and extended for a further two weeks to keep children safe at home during this pandemic.
