By Sue-Ann Wayow
SCHOOL will re-open virtually on September 6.
This was the announcement made by Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly on Monday.
Speaking at the commissioning of the San Juan Government Primary School, Dr Gadsby-Dolly said, “We will look closely at the vaccination programme over the next few days as we determine who can be brought back physically, but our students should start school virtually come September 6th.”
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said government had not advertised an opening date for in-person classes as yet but was doing what could be done to have at least some pupils return to physical classes.
“We have not advertised an opening date for school face to face at this time but we are doing everything possible to put us in a position to have children at least Forms 4,5 and 6 come back to school as they used to, and hopefully in time and managing infection levels we should be able to bring back other students until we can get to the most junior ones,” he said.
Dr Rowley again encouraged parents to vaccinate their children now that a vaccine was available to the age group 12 to 18 years.
