Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) General Secretary Coretta McDonald is in support of students and teachers being tested for COVID-19 for their return to schools, which she says should be standard for all students back at schools.
Schools were reopened on January 4 for virtual classes and in-class time-tabled sessions are being held for the senior grades. The Ministry of Education has not done testing on students in all schools but said that the students returning to the dormitories at public schools have to be tested before they are placed in the classroom.
During a telephone interview yesterday, McDonald said that having the Grades 10, 11 and 12 students tested as they return to their physical classrooms will help to put both teachers and students at ease.
