No decision yet by the Education Ministry on whether school reopening will go-ahead

No decision has been made yet by the Education Ministry on whether the re-opening of schools will go ahead next week following the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in all divisions.

The Education Ministry is expected to have further meetings with the Health Ministry and provide an update to the public.

We have sent questions to the Minister for Education Premila Kumar and Permanent Secretary Anjeela Jokhan.

Concerned parents have contacted fijivillage saying they are worried about the safety of their children especially after Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong said that they are working on the assumption that the Omicron variant is already in Fiji and is being transmitted within the community.

Face to face classes for Early Childhood Education to Year 7 will start from the 10th of January, next year.

The classes for Year 8 to 13 will resume on the 4th of January, next year.

Exams for Year 13 will be held from 1st to 11th February next year and the results are expected to be released on 17th March while the exam for Year 12 will be from the 7th to 17th of February and results are expected to be out on the 6th of April.