Full face-to-face classes will resume in schools when the new academic year begins on September 19.The Ministry of Education’s decision was communicated to principals on Wednesday, in a circular from Chief Education Officer Dr RamonaArcher-Bradshaw who announced that the school day will return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic scheduling.“For example, some schools will be in session from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. while others will be in session from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. All extracurricular activities will resume in full. General assemblies will return to the pre-pandemic arrangement,” she wrote in the correspondence captioned Resumption of Face-to-Face School.The education chief noted that the three feet physical distance protocol which was recently scrapped would no longer be observed in schools, but mask-wearing would continue to be required indoors at all times.She said students would be given breaks from having to wear masks as needed, but that would only be allowed outdoors.
