Challenges persist with virtual learning program in public schools
A student participates in virtual learning. FILE
Teachers grappled with accessing the Ministry of Education’s learning management system (LMS) as they tried to deliver instruction to students on the first day of school yesterday, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson, who urged the Ministry of Education to acquire a virtual learning platform that is “operable and able to meet the needs of teachers [and] students in the public school system”.
“We are now back to square one,” Wilson said in a statement yesterday.
“Teachers and students returned to the new school year on the first day Monday, January 4, 2021, to be faced with the same issues as they were faced with since March 2020. The Bahamas Union of Teachers is again urging the Ministry of Education to acquire a virtual platform that is operable and able to meet the needs of teachers, students in the public school system.