A number of schools have opened today, welcoming children to their corridors and classrooms for the first time in nearly seven months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Malta. However, today isn’t the back-to-school many are used to with children and parents having to wear face masks, locate their drop-off zone and queue accordingly, all of which are
The arts and sports education industry has reassured parents and children that strict health protocols are in place, despite public health advice for schoolchildren to stop extracurricular activities in the wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases. They were reacting to a warning from the head of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit, Tanya Melillo,
The new scholastic year is set to open in the coming days when thousands of children are to return to the classrooms they abandoned in March at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. Questions on why this should be happening have been raised by parents, educators and society in general, and there are of course many doubts on how the system will work,
The new scholastic year is set to open in the coming days when thousands of children are to return to the classrooms they abandoned in March at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. Questions on why this should be happening have been raised by parents, educators and society in general, and there are of course many doubts on how the system will work,
The Covid-19 pandemic has been with us for over six months now, and the world has had to adjust to this new reality. Businesses, workplaces, shops, bars, restaurants and other establishments had to shift to a new way of doing things. It was not easy, but new systems were put in place and they are, for the most part, working well. For some reason, however,
I am one of the many students whose last year at secondary school came to a sudden halt back in March. In a few weeks’ time, I will be starting my first year in Sixth Form. I have had people telling me that these will be “the best two years of my life”. If this was like any other year, I would agree. But this is no normal year. I have been looking