Ministry of Education will wait for Health Ministry’s clearance before bringing Year 13 students to schools

The Ministry of Education says they will wait for the Ministry of Health to assess the situation and give them clearance before they bring the Year 13 students back to school.

The Ministry says they note that a good number of the students above 18 years have received their first dose and that within the required time-frame all students above the age of 18 will be fully immunized.

The Ministry is encouraging students to get vaccinated.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education has realigned the Year 13 curriculum. It says this has been done to ensure that Year 13 students will have the required core body of knowledge.

It further says a fair amount of curriculum has been completed in Term 1 since schools were able to complete the term, unlike in 2020.

The Ministry adds Year 13 is a critical year for students as they prepare for tertiary studies. Students have been learning from home since April 20th.

According to the Ministry of Education, the realignment is to ensure that within the time-frame, students are able to cover the required core curriculum and those components of the curriculum that require students to be physically at school are removed. These include projects, laboratories and other practical classes.

It says the realignment of the curriculum ensures that the core body of knowledge is not affected. The Ministry adds when education delivery is moved from a full face to face mode to the remote mode, there are aspects of learning that may be affected and education delivery then focuses on ensuring the core knowledge and skills are delivered in the best possible way, within the constraints of a changed delivery mode.

It says they have ensured that within the constraints of learning at home, the best possible education is provided.

The Ministry further says when schools reopen, students will be taken through the lessons and concepts again and the first few weeks will focus on revision and teaching complex concepts, which will ensure that no student is disadvantaged.