Good turnout of students in five schools in Suva we visited this morning

There was a good turnout of students in five schools in Suva this morning as face to face classes for those in Years 8 to 13 resumed today.

Years 12 and 13 students are back from their two weeks break while students from Years 8 to 11 are returning to the classroom for the first time since April 20th last year.

Fijivillage visited Saint Joseph’s Secondary School, Jai Narayan College, John Wesley Primary School, MGM High School and Rishikul Sanatan College where students started arriving from as early as 7am.

A number of children were being dropped off by their parents in private vehicles while others came to school in buses.

All the students we saw were wearing masks however some of them were not maintaining the mandatory two metres distancing on their way inside the school premise.

At one school, students were advised to sit outside the classroom upon their arrival by the teachers and were later told to line up before going inside.

We also saw that schools had a desk at the entry of the school where teachers were checking the temperature of students before allowing them to go inside.

Early Childhood Education to Year 7 students will return to school next Monday.