How will Ontario schools keep kids safe during the third wave?
With schools in the province reopened, many conflicted parents are wondering what improvements if any have been made. Aaron Hutchins
It was sometime in August 2020, before the
last reopening of schools in Ontario, that Sarah Liss became fixated with ventilation. Her older child goes to school in the Toronto District School Board, in the kind of building where students complain about the sweltering heat on warmer days. Only now she was worried about COVID.
With school boards and the province focusing on
masks, cohorting and cleaning, Liss used her spare time researching another vital factor identified by health and science experts for slowing transmission: ventilation. Specifically, she began looking for solutions to get air purifiers into classrooms not only across the city, but the entire province.
Snippets: PF interest crediting begins
PF interest crediting begins
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has begun crediting interest at the rate of 8.5% in the employeesâ accounts for the financial year 2019-20. An EPFO circular says all regional provident fund offices have been instructed to credit the interest without any delay. It says the employees can now check their PF balance on its website. It announced the new interest rate only last week.
NEP: Pokhriyal for task force formation
After reviewing the implementation of New Education Policy, 2020, Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recommended the constitution of a task force for coordinating NEP implementation between educational institutions. He suggested a review committee and an implementation commiÂttee headed by secretary, Higher Education be formed. Pokhriyal has recommended the constiÂtutiÂon of a task force for coordinating of NEP implementaÂtion between higher education and school eduÂ�