Minister Williams pleased with measures in place for face-to-face classes

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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams, says she is satisfied with the measures put in place at schools to facilitate face-to-face classes.

“I’m pleased with the care that I see. They have been careful. You can see where they have been planning for this moment of face-to-face and it gives confidence that students who are on the compounds physically are here safely,” she noted.

Williams was speaking after a tour of three schools in the Corporate Area on Tuesday to observe their adherence to COVID-19 protocols.

The institutions visited were Penwood High, Seaward Primary and Junior High, and Haile Sellasie High.

They are among 125 institutions that were approved for the resumption of face-to-face classes for the second term of the 2020/2021 academic year, which began on Monday.

This follows the favourable completion of a pilot last November, which involved 17 schools.

“We wanted to see how well the schools were observing the COVID protocols and I’ve been pleased, so far, in terms of the visits to schools,”

Minister Williams shared.

She reiterated that all students in Jamaica must be engaged in school, whether remotely or physically, during the pandemic.
She encouraged school administrators to have flexibility with both online and face-to-face classes.