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CLASS 3 AND 4 PUPILS of Blackman and Gollop Primary School will engage in online classes on Wednesday, May 5.
That was announced tonight by Acting Chief Education Officer Joy Adamson during a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) meeting via Zoom.
President of the PTA, Tricia Augustine, had expressed concerns about the state of the school after the executive discovered furniture remained in the foyer, and students and teachers had to clean the Staple Grove, Christ Church plant themselves.
Adamson said intensive cleaning would be conducted today by the Barbados Defence Force, an additional contractor and members of the PTA, at the end of which a decision would be made on the resumption of face-to-face classes.
BUT teachers say no resumption until new school year
Article by March 13, 2021
Sceptical of assurances on the control of the year-long COVID-19 pandemic, unionised teachers have rejected the Chief Medical Officer’s recommendation of a full-scale resumption of school, declaring there should be no return to face-to-face instruction until the new school year begins in September.
Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) president Pedro Shepherd declared that at this stage the risk of contracting the coronavirus significantly outweighs the potential benefits of returning to face-to-face classes, despite the Government’s top doctor’s projections as the country races to vaccinate thousands of Barbadians each week and the rate of infection continues to taper off.