National Summer School programme off to a good start
Juanique Tennant / Our Today
Since the launch of a country-wide National Summer School Programme on July 5, as part of the education ministry’s ‘Recover Smarter – National School Learning and Intervention Plan (NSLIP)’, Education Minister Fayval Williams is reporting that the first staging of the programme is going well so far.
Said Williams: “We are pleased with summer school…our tutors took to it and our students as well and summer school is (doing) what it (is) intended to do, especially with the (face-to-face component), in terms of finding some of those students (who were previously not engaged).”
The National Summer School Programme is aimed at helping students recover from learning loss due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resultant transition to a primarily virtual learning modality.
Since getting under way on July 5, the summer school has seen sessions being held for approximately two hours a day, Monday – Thursday, engaging a number of students islandwide, both virtually and face-to-face.
The programme is expected to come to a close on August 19 with the true test of its success becoming evident once schools reopen in September and teachers are able to assess the students learning progress.
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