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All schools to open soon in 4 stages

07 Oct 2021

By Buddhika Samaraweera All schools are expected to reopen in four stages as soon as possible, subject to Covid-19-related health guidelines, said Education Reforms, Open Universities, and Distance Learning Promotion State Minister Susil Premajayantha, citing the present decline in the number of daily Covid-19 infections and deaths. Responding to a question raised by Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa in Parliament yesterday (7) as to whether the Government had formulated a definite plan for the reopening of schools, Premajayantha said that the hope is to reopen all grades of islandwide schools in four stages. “We hope to implement this programme to reopen all schools in four phases, expeditiously, in accordance with the guidelines given by the health sector. We are confident that schools will be able to reopen faster, especially as the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths has dropped significantly over the past few days,” he added. Accordingly, Premajayantha explained how the schools are planned to be reopened in four stages. Under the first stage, primary grades in schools with less than 200 students will be reopened from 21 October. Under the second stage, all grades in schools with less than 200 students and primary sections of schools with more than 200 students, will be reopened. Under the third stage, Grades 10, 11, 12, and 13 of all schools and all grades of schools with less than 200 students, will be reopened. Under the fourth stage, all grades of all schools will be reopened. Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena recently told the media that they hope to reopen the schools in a few stages, starting from this month. Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Asela Gunawardena had also handed over a set of guidelines to the Education Ministry with regard to the reopening of primary sections of schools with less than 200 students. Accordingly, the provincial governors, on 5 October, decided to reopen the primary sections of schools coming under the purview of provincial councils and with less than 200 students, from 21 October. However, the teachers’ and principals’ trade unions which are currently engaged in a series of trade union actions, including withdrawal from all physical and online teaching activities and duties related to examinations, demanding a solution to their salary anomaly issue, have warned that if the Education Ministry takes action to reopen schools without providing an acceptable solution to said issue, a major crisis could arise in addition to the current problematic situation in the education sector.

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