{"id":119460,"date":"2021-10-22T14:47:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=119460"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:47:49","slug":"primary-sections-of-all-govt-schools-to-reopen-from-oct-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/10\/22\/primary-sections-of-all-govt-schools-to-reopen-from-oct-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary sections of all govt. schools to reopen from Oct. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The primary sections of all schools across the island will reopen from Monday (October 25), says the Secretary to the Education Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kapila Perera mentioned this in a communiqu\u00e9 directed to all provincial chief secretaries, provincial secretaries of education, provincial and zonal directors of education, principals and other relevant officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dc3\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dbd \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0dae\u0db8\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0d85\u0d82\u0dc1 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dd8\u0dad \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0dad\u0dd3\u0dbb\u0dab\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1EezhHZKjw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Permission to resume in-person education in primary classes has been granted by the Director-General of Health Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous guidelines issued with regard to preparations and providing transport services for reopening schools need to be followed by the academic and non-academic staff members, the education secretary said further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the primary sections of all Catholic schools island-wide will also reopen on October 25 in line with the decision taken by the government, the Bishop\u2019s House announced this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka began reopening schools for academic activities under several phases effective from yesterday (October 21), nearly six months after they were closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country. Accordingly, the primary sections of schools with less than 200 students were reopened to recommence academic activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools in Sri Lanka had to be closed repeatedly amidst the Covid-19 pandemic while this is the first time that the country\u2019s schools are reopening since being closed in April this year, following a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control, in a virtual meeting convened today, decided to commence the primary sections and grades 11 and 13 in all schools after having discussions with the education and health sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The primary sections of all schools across the island will reopen from Monday (October 25), says the Secretary to the Education Ministry. Prof. Kapila Perera mentioned this in a communiqu\u00e9 directed to all provincial chief secretaries, provincial secretaries of education, provincial and zonal directors of education, principals and other relevant officials. 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