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As mentioned during today’s Press Conference (Tuesday 26th January 2021) by the Minister of Education, Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, the Ministry has published the official Guidelines for the physical re-opening of schools. The 30-page document is very detailed and the Ministry notes that the Guidelines for physical re-opening of schools should be carefully adhered to. “Schools should make a practice of repeating the safety guidelines multiple times during the school day as a reminder to staff and students of the protocols to be kept.” In its introduction to the Guidelines, the Ministry states, “The COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) has created a ‘New Normal’ to which schools must conform. As schools across the globe gradually reopen, the practices to conform to the ‘New Normal’ are varied based on the dynamics that exist in various countries.” In the Trinidad and Tobago context, the UNESCO Framework for Reopening Schools April 2020, the Ministry of Health’s Reopening Guidelines for Businesses, Facilities and Institutions (May 2020) and Operating Schools During Covid-19: Centre for Disease Control (CDC) School Considerations (December 2020) were used to develop these guidelines. These guidelines will be used in collaboration with the Ministry of Health’s Reopening Guidelines for Schools. Operations of Primary and Secondary Schools: Term II 2020/2021 Term II 2020/2021 began virtually on 4th January 2021 for all students. As such, the Guidelines for remote learning used in Term I 2020/2021 continue to be in effect. On 8th February 2021, students at secondary schools who are preparing to write the CSEC/CAPE 2021 Examinations, are scheduled to resume face-to-face sessions for Practicals, School Based Assessments (SBAs) and Internal Assessments (IAs). Implementation of face-to-face classes will begin on a phased basis, with the first phase being limited to students of Forms 4, 5 and 6, beginning 8th February 2021. Guidelines specific to this are as follows: Secondary School
Primary School Implementation of face-to-face classes for primary school will begin on the second phase with Standard 5 students only, which is scheduled at the start of Term 3, 12th April 2021.
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