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Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw says the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination, commonly known as the 11+, will be held on June 22, 2021.
During a media conference from the Elsie Payne Complex on Wednesday evening, Bradshaw said the decision was taken to shift the exam from the traditional May period on consultation with teachers, who indicated this would provide a better level of comfort.
There was also a desire not to have it in July – traditionally the holiday time – as was done this year to accommodate the changes caused by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Bradshaw said school would resume on January 5, 2021 and the aim was to have as many students as possible back in the classroom for face-to-face learning. Working in conjunction with the COVID Monitoring Unit, schools will devise the best ways to reintegrate all of the other classes.
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Encourage your children and wards to wear masks correctly to and from school, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw told parents and guardians.
She said children were complying with the wearing of masks – which health officials say protect against the spread of COVID-19 – during school hours, but the Ministry received several complaints about improper wear on the buses and on the road, especially among secondary children.
“It is important that as parents you remind students of this pandemic and the dangers of the pandemic and impress on them the need to wear the masks,” Bradshaw said during a media conference at the Elsie Payne Complex on Wednesday to provide an update on the 2020/21 Hilary school term.
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Later today, Barbadian school children and their parents should know what is next for the upcoming Hilary term.
Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw is scheduled to hold a press conference at 4:30 p.m. today at the Ministry’s Elsie Payne Complex at Constitution Road.
She will address matters related to the reopening of schools in January. (SAT)
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ANSA McAL donates 100 tablets to schools
Article by December 19, 2020
With ANSA McAL’s latest donation, the Ministry of Education now has just over 8, 500 donated technological devices for students across the island.
The ANSA McAL Group recently held a virtual benefit concert, the proceeds from which went towards a specially created One Caribbean Future Fund to help students and teachers in the Caribbean transition from in-person classrooms to online learning.
Barbados received its tablets today during an official ceremony at the Ministry’s Elsie Payne Complex, Constitution Road, St Michael.
Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw, who noted that the Ministry’s target is to reach 10, 000 devices, said with partnership from companies like the ANSA McAL Foundation, achieving that goal is becoming a reality.