Education Ministry to announce school reopening guidelines next week
Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh. -
Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said guidelines for the physical reopening of schools should be available by next week in anticipation of a February 8 reopening.
The Health and Education ministries met on Thursday to discuss the reopening.
In a brief response to Newsday via WhatsApp, Gadsby-Dolly said discussions focused on ensuring that all protocols were clear.
“Based on the present numbers, there is no indication that the plan to reopen on February 8 cannot proceed, new variant notwithstanding.”
The Ministry of Health recorded TT’s first confirmed case of the UK covid19 variant, called variant B117.