Special Envoy Chimes in on the Phased Return to the Classrooms

The phased return of in-person learning by the government is being met with some resistance.  The decision was made following the advice of a COVID-19 Education Task Force appointed by the Ministry of Education to come up with a plan.  Earlier this week, the announcement was made that on April twelfth some schools will start to accept students at their campuses, but by the new school year, all schools would have to be ready to employ a system of its own design to have children physically in the classrooms.  Special Envoy Rossana Briceño, a principal herself, was a part of the task force. We got her take on the concerns.

Rossana Briceño

Rossana Briceño, Special Envoy for the Development of Families and Children

“Yes there are phases, phase one and phase two, which are not mandatory and I think our families need to understand that it is not you have to do this. The schools don’t have to do anything. We were looking that schools, parents, can test run what they already have in place to see if it works or if it doesn’t work so that when we start in June, they are more than ready. So that is basically what we are looking at. I know there is a lot of confusion out there and assumptions that owe but we are not ready and dehn di throw this pan we right now. No; this is a work in progress. This has been happening from last year, through the D.E.C.s where we had to put learning continuity plans in place. Every couple months, they want us to tighten it and tighten it. The minister has said and it is being said over and over, there is no one size fits all. So dehn noh wah give yo wah template and say everybody must meet this. But you know what your needs are, in your community, in your school so you adapt to what your environment is, what your school culture is.”