Supplementary resources for students can now be collected from respective schools - Akbar

Supplementary resources for students during the extended school closure can now be collected from respective schools.

This has been confirmed by the Ministry for Education who is urging all parents and guardians to liaise with the heads of schools and follow the scheduled timetables to avoid overcrowding at schools and dissemination centres and ensure that hand sanitizers are readily available.

The Ministry say heads of schools are encouraged to work in consultation with their Divisional and District Education Offices and under strict adherence to the COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. They say schools which are used as isolation or evacuation centres will advise parents and guardians of the pick-up points using texts, emails, village heads or any other mode of communication most suitable as per geographical location.

Education Minister Rosy Akbar has urged parents to work patiently and very closely with the heads of those schools which have been totally devastated by TC Harold and continue engaging their children in all other non-formal learning setups.

Akbar says parents are once again reminded that these new set of resources are supplementary and non-examinable if you have not been able to access them.

She says parents may continue to encourage reading of various varieties from a wide range of sources.

She says together they have been able to make equitable education accessible to every Fijian regardless of the challenges faced.