TEACHERS are required to resume duties today to prepare for classes which will begin the following week, says Education Minister Joseph Yopyyopy. Term Two begins on May 4 and ends on July 10. Then there will be a one-week break before Term Three starts on July 20. “We will maintain the normal five days of school per week,” he said. “We will recover four weeks by adding one lesson period to the normal classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Two periods will be added to Tuesdays and Thursdays each week. “For example, in high schools, there will be eight additional periods each week, equivalent to gaining one additional day each week.
“Hence in Terms Two and Three, we will gain 19 days (about four weeks) of schooling.” He said five weeks of teaching and learning had been lost because of the state of emergency. “We lost four weeks of Term One and one week of Term Two,” Yopyyopy said. Schools are expected to resume teaching and assessment programmes from Week Seven of Term One. They should cover all the lost hours by the end of Term Three. “Schools are instructed to manage the internal school timetables and where necessary provide extra work for students,” he said. In-service training for teachers this year has been cancelled. “(But) schools are encouraged to develop and promote ongoing school-based in-service training plan throughout the year,” he said. He said the Government would review the academic year in July or August. The National/PNGEducationNews next : Students Throughout PNG Advised To Wear Face Masks To School Comments are closed.
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