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Deans of Discipline group against summer school plan for students

Samuel Smalling, President of the National Association of Deans of Discipline
 
The National Association of Deans of Discipline is suggesting that the Ministry of Education find other ways to target the 120,000 students who have not participated in classes since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March last year, rather than pushing for summer classes for all students. 
 
The association's president, Samuel Smalling, says the summer period should be used to prepare for face-to-face engagement when the new school year begins.
 
"How are we going to find them? When they come back to us, what are the systems we have in place? What is the curriculum going to be like to help these students move to the next level? I think there is a serious learning gap that will occur when these students come back into the system," he asserted. 
 
He argued that current assessments by the Ministry of Education will "only capture those students who have been online or we have been engaging to some extent" but the ministry needs to "look at other ways to see how best they can prepare the education system to deal with all of the challenges that we'll be facing come September."
 
The Education Ministry is forging ahead with plans for summer school but says the classes will be voluntary.
 
The ministry has said it will announce details of the programme in coming days.
 
 
 


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