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ORGANISED visits to learners at boarding schools by parents and guardians can now immediately resume after Government lifted Covid-19 containment measures, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has said.
In a move aimed at mitigating the risk of spreading coronavirus, Government banned parental visits to boarding learning institutions last February as part of a raft of preventive interventions to contain the disease.
Boarding schools have traditionally set visiting days during the term to allow pupils to be visited by their families and interact for a day.
Following an announcement in May by World Health Organisation (WHO) indicating that Covid-19 no longer constituted a public health emergency of international concern, Government, through the Ministry of Health and Child Care, lifted standard operating procedures which assisted the country in reducing the spread and impact of the pandemic.
In a statement, MoPSE said: “In view of the foregoing, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has revised its position on parental visits to children at boarding schools. With immediate effect, heads of schools are allowed to resume the previous practice of organised parental visits to schools.”
MoPSE said vaccination exercises at all learning institutions should continue, with schools maintaining temperature screening, strict hand-washing, high standards of sanitation and hygiene as well as ensuring the availability of clean water.
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