Following the recommendation of Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, the Premier and Education Minister announced that all Nova Scotia public schools will remain closed until at least May 1, 2020.
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Zach Churchill they will review the situation before making a decision about opening but, until then, they have set up a program for students to continue their studies from home.
“We’ve engaged in a ‘continuity of education’ plan from home, utilizing the online resources we have on our curriculum website, as well as our ‘virtual school’ and, also, we’ll be using the Saltwire Network to deliver course materials to the students who do not have access to the internet bi-weekly.”
Churchill, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, says the situation will be reviewed before any order is given for schools to re-open and, until that time, they have set up a program for home-based studies.
“We haven’t had to do this before but, essentially, students will now be working with their teachers on research and assignment projects for the older grades and we’ll make sure all of our Grade twelves who are on course to graduate will graduate and, for the younger grades, we’ll be focused on activity-based learning, particularly around numeracy and literacy.”
The government is also working with every post-secondary institution in the province to ensure they will accept the graduation certificate even without the final exam.
