First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has said there will be no more Nursery\/Kindergarten school until the COVID19 crisis is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing reporters on Friday afternoon, Mrs Museveni said children will now start school in Primary one at 5 years old.
Mrs. Museveni says parents should instead take on the mantle and do play learning with their children at home before sending them to Primary one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She explained that the learners in this category cannot observe SOPs and are prone to respiratory infections.
Mrs Museveni said because many of the pre-primary institutions are day-based, there is a lot of interfaces between learners, teachers and parents, which could increase the risk of infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier ,President Museveni announced the re-opening dates for semi-candidates, universities and tertiary institutions.
The announcement comes at a backdrop of a cabinet decision which gave a green light for semi candidates to resume learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the President, learners in Primary Six, S3 and S5 will resume classes on March 1, 2021, and will study in a staggered system where different groups of learners will be reporting to school on different days as decided by the ministry or school authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further argues that normal learning will possibly resume after a section of Ugandans have been vaccinated.
On the fate of learners in other classes like P.4-5 and those in S.1-2, the president says they will also return to school after candidates have finished sitting their examinations. He, however, advises that they will also learn based on a staggered system blended with long-distance education whose detailed planned will be worked out by the ministry of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni also expressed disappointment with the Members of Parliament who frustrated the home-schooling programme which was supposed to be through radio and television broadcast lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, Parliament declined to approve 336.8 Billion Shillings that was requested to purchase 9 million radio sets. The MPs branded the plan as an unnecessary expenditure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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