The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong has confirmed that they have received reports of students and teachers testing positive for COVID-19.
Dr Fong says they have sorted contact tracing and facilitated quarantine and isolation needs.
The General Secretary for the Fiji Teachers Union Agni Deo Singh says they are concerned of the risk that it poses to the unvaccinated children at home.
Singh says with children continuing to come to school in this manner, the virus will spread even more as they have received reports of students contracting the virus in school.
He adds teachers have also tested positive and they are worried about spreading the virus to others in their families especially their little children.
Singh says he finds it strange that on one hand, the Permanent Secretary for Health is advising that this variant is easily transmissible, and on the other hand the Minister for Education is advising for students to continue to come to school.
He adds they know that workplaces are encouraging employees to work from home as far as possible or to take turns to come to work to maintain physical distancing.
Singh says they are suggesting that each class be split in two groups.
Singh adds this will allow spacing out of children and keeping them apart and at the same time give them the opportunity to have face to face teaching.
We have also sent follow up questions to Dr James Fong and the Minister for Education Premila Kumar.
They are yet to respond.
