WITH schools making the switch to distance learning due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, parents across the island have had to take on the added task of assisting their children with their lessons at home, while juggling work and other duties.
Tourism worker from St Ann's Bay, Shenelle Dawkins, told JIS News that when the Government announced the closure of school plants in March, and that instruction would continue remotely, she quickly pivoted, and set out to help her two daughters to adjust to the new reality.
Dawkins says she immediately organised a work structure for her nine-year-old, Andriel Dawkins, whose lessons are sent via WhatsApp by her teachers at St Ann's Bay Preparatory.
Meanwhile, Monique Bailey of Moneague, St Ann, told JIS News that she has been working with her four-year-old daughter Jahzara Solan, who attends Camperdown Primary and Infant school, to improve her learning outcomes.
For her part, Shamara Preston of Priory, St Ann, said since the closure of school, she has been able to meaningfully engage her six-year-old son, Kyjani Dawkins, with the support of his class teacher.
