December 22, 2021

Forms 1-3 students to return to the physical classroom from February, 2022

By Shirvan Williams

Students of Forms 1-3 will resume physical classes in February 2022. The Ministry of made the announcement via a news release following a meeting with stakeholders on today, December 22.

According to the statement:

“Ministry of Education officials, led by Ministers of Education, Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly and Lisa Morris-Julian, met with TTUTA and the wider stakeholder groups on November 25th and 26th , 2021 respectively, and again with TTUTA on December 10th, 2021 regarding operations of schools in Term II 2021/2022. Stakeholders were generally in favour of Forms 4-6 returning to physical attendance, while TTUTA recommended physical attendance for Forms 5 and 6, for practical subject elements only.”

“Post-secondary and Tertiary students will be allowed to attend physical classes for teaching and practicals from January 2022.

All students of Forms 4-6 or equivalent will attend school physically for teaching classes, practicals and school-based assessments from January 3rd, 2022.

Students of Forms 1-3 or equivalent are required to remain engaged in remote learning in January 2022, allowing schools to plan for their return to physical attendance in February 2022, on a rotational basis.

Primary Schools will continue to operate remotely in Term II, with the exception of Standard 5 students, who will attend school physically from February 2022.

The SEA will be held on March 31st, 2022. Delaying this exam, as was done in 2020 and 2021, results in many challenges; the major ones being the myriad difficulties of administering CXC and SEA exams concurrently; and the uncertainty of students with respect to transfer applications and the results of SEA reviews- which may result in them switching schools while already enrolled in Form 1.

ECCE Students, along with Standards 1-4 will resume physical attendance, on a rotational basis, in Term III (April 2022).”

 

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