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Junior high schools promised in east, west
Several updates to school infrastructure are coming soon, according to Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio âSowandeâ Wheatley. âWe need more schools,â Dr. Wheatley put it bluntly while debating a bill concerning …
Melvin âMitchâ Turnbull, second district representative, and David Butcher from AEC Consulting Engineering Ltd. sign a contract for the construction of a new Jost Van Dyke primary school last December. Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley gave an update on school construction works during the last House of Assembly sittings. (File photo: SCREENSHOT)
Several updates to school infrastructure are coming soon, according to Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio âSowandeâ Wheatley.
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More students allowed on campus for final term
As students prepare for the final term of the 2020-21 school year, more of them will be permitted to attend class in person following recent decisions by Cabinet. But schools …
Students play during an observance of Commonwealth Day at Ivan Dawson Primary School in March 2020, shortly before schools were shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ongoing infrastructure work at the school is almost complete, Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio âSowandeâ Wheatley said last week. (File photo: DANA KAMPA)
As students prepare for the final term of the 2020-21 school year, more of them will be permitted to attend class in person following recent decisions by Cabinet. But schools will also continue to offer hybrid learning for the remainder of the year.