Schools to close July/August – Manickchand

Just over a month after she announced that schools may have to remain open during the July/August vacation period in order to address the learning loss, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has now revealed that schools will be closed instead.

The decision was reported by the Department of Public Information (DPI) on Monday.

Initially, Manickchand had justified the decision on the basis that the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the closure of schools has had a severe impact on the learning of students. She had said that she noticed that parents have not fully realised the impact that school closures have had on children.