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Classroom, the best choice for students Article by May 26, 2021 The Barbados Association of Guidance Counsellors is fully in agreement with students returning to the classroom. President of the association Dr Patricia Welch firmly believes that even as the country continues to battle COVID-19, it is vital that students are allowed to interact with their teachers and friends in a face-to-face setting. Her comments follow an eventful return to face-to-face classes. At least three schools have been closed because of positive COVID-19 cases among students. Since the resumption of physical classes on May 2, the Princess Margaret Secondary School, Ellerslie Secondary and most recently Vauxhall Primary, have all been forced to temporarily close their doors. ....
May 13, 2021 Investigations into coronavirus at the Ellerslie Secondary School have revealed that only one student has been infected so far, with Health and Wellness Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic declaring Wednesday “there is no outbreak at any school in Barbados”. The student also did not take public transport amid fears of possible exposure, said Dr Kimberley Philips, medical officer of Health at the Brandford Taitt Polyclinic who is managing the situation. Dr Phillips said: “The primary case was one who took transport from her father and would have walked home and to school otherwise. So the index case or the one case that we have at the school is not someone who used public transport at all, we are still going through with the other relatives but at this point remember there is no other person positive at this point related to that case, so we have no known contact with public transport at this point in time.” ....
Teachers ‘uncomfortable’ Article by May 13, 2021 Members of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) were on Wednesday given the opportunity to make direct demands and seek answers from the country’s senior health officials about the resumption of school in the midst of a COVID-19 environment. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George and Infectious Disease Specialist Dr Corey Forde responded to numerous concerns from the union’s executive and members in the wake of two COVID-19 cases in secondary schools within the first five days of face-to-face classes. Both the BSTU and the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) have indicated that their members are uncomfortable operating in overcrowded classrooms, with inadequate sanitising or personal protective equipment (PPE), and insufficient school monitors. ....
Education officials have once again raised the ire of the country’s two teachers unions, amid allegations that COVID-19 protocols established before the resumption of school are not being implemented across the board. The concerns are expected to dominate the unions’ talks with senior civil servants on Wednesday as the country grapples with the second case of the deadly virus at a secondary school within the first seven days of the new term. On Monday morning, students of the Ellerslie Secondary School were turned away from classes because of what was later identified as a positive case within the student population. Late last week, a student of the Princess Margaret Secondary School tested positive and another at St George Primary School was said to have been exposed to the virus. ....
Article by Social Share The Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) is currently investigating a report of another positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in a secondary school. President of the BUT Pedro Shepherd told Nation News that while he had not yet received official confirmation from the Ministry of Education, he had received reports that a Sixth Form student at the Ellerslie Secondary School in Black Rock, St Michael has tested positive for the virus. “I am still awaiting word from the ministry, but if this is indeed the case, it is going to be the expectation going forward as schools open back up. I don’t think we need to panic over these things at this stage, we have to quarantine, isolate and manage the situation,” Shepherd said. ....