The Ministry of Education hosted a Press Conference this morning (Friday 28th August 2020) to outline to stakeholders how the re-opening of the new academic year and the new term 2020/21 would be conducted. Newly-appointed Minister of Education, Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, spoke on behalf of the Ministry at the meeting where questions were fielded from members of the media and from members of the public online. Below are the key points outlined by the Minister: 1. The School Term will run from 1st September to 11th December 2020. 2. Schools will be open but students are not required to be physically present for classes until further advised. 3. Teachers are expected to deliver the curriculum to students remotely. 4. 1st - 4th September 2020 will be dedicated to new student orientation, teacher orientation and planning activities. 5. 7th - 14th September 2020 is carded for student orientation, parent orientation, learning resource preparation, and further planning activities if required. Schools may also begin teaching and learning activities during this time. However, all schools should be engaged in teaching and learning by 14th September 2020. 6. There will be two (2) categories of students - those who can participate in the online environment, and those who cannot. 7. Teachers are free to engage Category 1 (Online Students) using the guidelines provided for online instruction by the Ministry (training in online teaching has been provided by the Ministry). For Category 2 (Offline Students), teachers should provide printed packages of learning materials for collection at schools at least once weekly. Corrected assignments etc. should also be returned to students using this mechanism. 8. The resources of schools will be available to teachers for teaching. School buildings should be open to teachers who need to access Wi-Fi or printing services. However, principals should approve work-from-home arrangements once delivery is not impacted. 9. Channels 4 & 16 have been assigned to the Ministry to run instructional material exclusively. A schedule will be published. This is a further student, parent and teacher resource. 10. Discussions to provide General Education radio features are also underway; content for modern languages is also intended to be created. 11. A weekly pullout in the print media targeting the ECCE and infant year activities will be available to parents. 12. Parents will be expected to ensure that their children are engaged in the teaching and learning exercise. 13. The School Feeding Program will be modified - 500 lunches per day will be delivered to MP offices from 7th September 2020 to allow for distribution throughout the community to children who require this service. 14. Students with special needs will be catered for through the Student Support Services Division and parents are asked to engage their children's schools for individual plans on the way forward. 15. No final exams will be set. Teachers will use continuous assessment for grading purposes. Watch the Press Conference below in its entirety. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
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