Education Minister Responds to Schools not Being Ready to Reopen
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B.N.T.U. National President, Senator Elena Smith has come forward to say that a majority of schools across the country will not be ready to reopen their classrooms on August tenth, the date scheduled for the commencement of the 2020 academic year. Several reasons have been cited, including a lack of financial resources to assist teachers in sanitizing and preparing their classrooms before then. While Faber acknowledges those challenges, he is also on record stating that the school year needs to begin in earnest and that should there be a case of community spread of COVID-19 affecting schools, the plug will be pulled immediately and classes will be suspended. Today, he spoke on what lies ahead.