THE Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TUTTA) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) meet to discuss the physical reopening of school for forms one to three.
Since last week, students in forms four to six have returned to classes with reports of many teething problems.
On Wednesday, a release from the ministry stated, “The Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby Dolly and Minister in the ministry Lisa Morris Julien along with other officials from the Ministry of Education met with TUTTA’s president Antonia De Freitas and other executives to discuss the physical reopening of schools for vaccinated students of forms one to three.”
The ministry stated that further discussion with a wider stakeholder body will take place on Thursday (today).
It stated, “Feedback has been received of the difficulty some schools are experiencing in delivering online to Forms one to three and physically to four to six students, despite the presence of connectivity infrastructure at the school or the provision of MiFi devices and laptops to teachers.”
The Education Ministry stated that after analysis of the physical attendance data for forms four to six students, the Government has proposed the reopening of physical school for all vaccinated secondary students of ages 12 to 18.
This initiative would be advantageous to both teachers and students, many of whom have been outside of the classroom for the past 19 months, the ministry noted.
