Update on School Funding for Term 2, 2020/21
4 January, 2021, Port-of-Spain: Funding, in the aggregate amount of $22M for Government and Government Assisted Secondary Schools was made available on Tuesday 2nd February and Thursday 4th February 2021, respectively.
Schools were contacted on Tuesday 2nd February and alerted that releases were received and being processed and thus, supplier engagement could begin.
The School Supervision and Management Division began contacting principals today (Thursday) for the collection of packages with the allocations to their respective schools.
The Ministry of Education, working with the Ministry of Finance, has ensured that funds are supplied for the purchase of necessary equipment and materials for the completion of practicals and School Based Assessments (SBAs), in order to satisfy the requirements of various subjects at the Forms 4, 5 and 6 levels.
Teachers will be among the first groups of citizens to receive the much anticipated COVID-19 vaccine when it reaches our shores.
The revelation came from Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh during a press conference with the Prime Minister yesterday.
It comes as the Government proceeds as planned with its partial reopening of schools on Monday. The country is expected to receive the first batch of 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility by early March. First on the list to receive the shots are frontline healthcare workers such as those working in clinics, accident and emergency departments and with COVID-19 patients. They would be followed by those receiving care for non-communicable diseases within the public sector and the elderly in long-stay homes. Following these segments, teachers would be among essential workers to receive it. “Those are workers that we need to keep the country running. Those would be your protective se
Reminders for phased, physical re-opening of schools Published by
The Education Ministry announced the phased physical reopening of schools February 8 for students of Forms Four to Six using a “hybrid system”. Classes resume April 12, Term Three for Standard Five children preparing for the Secondary Entrance Assessment exam.
The hybrid system will involve online classes and students reporting for school to complete practicals, SBAs (School Based Assessments) and internal assessments. “Physical teaching classes to be held only when absolutely necessary,” Minister of Education Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced at a media briefing at the Education Tower, Port of Spain on January 26.
She explained the phased re-opening became necessary because of the requirement for students to complete practicals, SBAs and internal assessments for the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC).
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Visitors to the school compound must be kept to a minimum)
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Schools must have a designated quarantine area
Students who display flu-like symptoms should be assigned to the quarantine area to await pick-up. Teachers, health and safety officers, security officers or staff may identify these students to the principal.
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Schools must follow specific safety protocols in the following circumstances (as explained in the MOE’s Guidelines document)
Staff or student displays flu-like symptoms
Staff or student tests positive for COVID-19
Staff or student is identified as a primary contact of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19
Medial clearance is required for staff or student to re-enter the school population after being suspected/confirmed to have contracted COVID-19