The Valley- Further to the Press Release dated Tuesday, 14th December, 2021, the Ministry and Department of Education would like to confirm the full physical return to classrooms at the pre-primary, primary and secondary levels. Students and teachers will return to school, following their normal schedules, effective Monday, 10th January, 2022 until otherwise stated.
All stakeholders are reminded of the new COVID-19 health protocols being introduced at this juncture:
• There will be changes to how positive cases are managed at the school level. The previous approach of quarantining entire classes will be discontinued, and instead, be replaced with on-site rapid testing. Only the students testing positive for COVID-19 will be asked to isolate.
• The School Nurses will administer rapid tests. Those directly exposed to a known positive case will be rapid tested. Those with positive test results will be asked to isolate and their close contacts will, in turn, be tested and/or asked to quarantine.
The public is reminded that the situation remains fluid. The Ministry and Department of Education will continue to monitor the situation closely and announce any subsequent changes via this medium. We continue to encourage all education stakeholders to remain attentive to the Department of Education’s Facebook page, as well as those of the various schools; and to continue to follow the advisories from the Ministry of Health.
A Blessed and Prosperous New Year to ALL!
– Press Release
