Notwithstanding concerns surrounding the imminent start of the 2021-2022 school year, Federal Minister of Education, Jonel Powell, announced the official date for the commencement, in an address on Aug. 25th.
During the period from Aug. 14th-Aug. 21st, St. Kitts & Nevis recorded 181 covid-19 cases, according to health authorities. SKN has recorded as of Aug 26th 995 covid-19 cases in total.
In the final term of the 2020-2021 school year, students and teachers had to conduct classes virtually, because of an outbreak of Covid-19 back in May of this year.
Despite the circumstances, Minister Powell stated face-to-face interaction, is second to none:
