Government is aiming to start the Hilary Term with online teaching on January 18. Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw made this announcement during a live address to the nation moments ago. Bradshaw said 4 000 to 5 000 devices will be purchased for students. She said some students still do not have access to internet, devices or electricity. She also announced that parent teacher Association meetings and form conferences will …
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Effective February 2021, jury trials are to resume on a phased basis for the Home Circuit Court and some rural circuit courts of the Hilary Term.
In a news release Thursday, the Court Administration Division (CAD) stated that jury trials for matters, excepting where the death penalty is in issue; will proceed at courts, which can accommodate jurors with adequate space for physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The parishes where jury trials will proceed are listed in the table below.
In parishes where no jury trials will occur for the periods indicated above, cases triable without a jury are to proceed, the CAD said. Jurors summoned for courts in parishes where there are no jury trials are not required to attend and are excused without any risk of penalty.
December 31, 2020
Students are to begin heading back to the classrooms for regular, full-time instruction next week, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw announced on Wednesday.
But the priority is to be given to special needs children and those facing examinations.
During a televised press conference at the ministry’s Constitution Road headquarters, Bradshaw said the decision to allow face-to-face teaching in the Hilary Term which begins on Tuesday, was taken after “extensive discussions” with unions, principals, teachers, students and the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit.
She explained that special needs students, candidates for the 11-Plus Examination, first-formers and fifth and sixth-form students setting CXC and CAPE examinations would be among the first to return to school on a full-time basis.
December 29, 2020
SOURCE: CMC – Grenada’s Ministry of Education on Monday announced that schools will not be reopening on January 4 to start the second or Hilary term 2021.
Acting on the advice of the Ministry of Health, the Education Ministry in a statement said that during week commencing January 4, officers will seek to engage managers, principals, teachers and other key personnel to discuss plans for the new term.
“This is deemed necessary, based on the prevailing circumstances related to COVID-19,” said the release which issued an apology for all inconveniences that this development may cause.
“All decisions made to advance the engagement of our students will be done with due consideration for the health and safety of all concerned. Every effort will be made to provide an update in the timeliest manner, once plans for Hilary Term 2021 are finalized.”