Schools to remain closed
Government yesterday announced that schools will remain closed for the next two weeks following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the country.
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Government yesterday announced that schools will remain closed for the next two weeks following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the country.
Government has sent inspectors to schools in Zimbabwe to assess their readiness to reopen for the Second Term and has set aside $368.2 million to fund the enforcement of Level 4 lockdown measures.
Boarders will not be allowed to go back home during the Easter holidays and their parents are barred from visiting them at school while traditional church gatherings associated with the period will remain limited to 50 people as Government takes a cautious approach to avert a third wave of Covid-19 infections.
All children will be back at school today, and most college and university students, with the return of examination classes a week ago testing successfully, the measures put in place across the education system to minimise risk of Covid-19 infection and showing that all schools were prepared and able to apply these measures.
Examination classes went smoothly back to school yesterday with teachers and pupils following the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
Cabinet has announced that schools will be opened in two weeks’ time, with examination classes set to begin on March 15, while the rest of the classes will re-open on March 22.
Masked first-graders excitedly chatted to each other at a Johannesburg school on Monday, trying to make friends, some even going to shake hands — but the coronavirus pandemic has put an end to that, at least for now.
Schools in Bulawayo were yesterday overwhelmed by parents and guardians seeking Form One places for their children following the release of Grade Seven results last week.
Schools reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Standard Operation Procedures (SOP).
Schools will reopen within the next two weeks for final examination classes starting with Cambridge examination candidates on September 14 while those sitting for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations will resuming classes on September 28.