SOME SCHOOLS NOW ALLOWED TO OPEN FOR IN-PERSON SESSIONS
Written by Fuze Team on September 21, 2020
All private schools, daycare centers, pre-schools and colleges will now be able to reopen for in person sessions.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fishers and Agriculture, Dr. Natalio Wheatley said during his Update on the Reopening of Schools Friday evening that Cabinet received the HEOC COVID-19 Situation Report #28 and made various decisions in regards to the Territory’s schools.
Minister Wheatley said that one such decision was to instruct the Attorney General’s Chambers to amend the Suppression Order No. 6 to allow private schools, daycare centres, pre-schools and colleges to open for in-school instruction where approved, following inspection by the Social Monitoring Task Force and the Ministry of Education, and in compliance with the Social Distancing Protocols of six feet and sanitisation measures.
He added that it is of paramount importance that everyone understands that all educational institutions must have measures in place to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children and teachers.
In regards to public schools, these institutions will be opened in phases.
