{"id":292756,"date":"2020-06-21T18:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292756"},"modified":"2020-06-21T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T16:30:07","slug":"junior-primary-education-put-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292756","title":{"rendered":"Junior primary education put on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>THE return to school for thousands of children in the Junior Primary segment was put on hold until further notice in anticipation of a national announcement about the COVID-19 situation to be made by President Hage Geingob on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Ester Anna Nghipondoka, in an urgent statement said the Head of State is set to update the nation about the pandemic situation in the country from State House at 14:00.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry wishes to inform the Nation that the resumption of face-to-face classes for learners from Pre-Primary to Grade 3 is put on hold for the day,\u201d Nghipondoka said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Junior-primary-education-put-on-hold.jpeg\" alt=\"school children Junior Primary notice national\" class=\"wp-image-292757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Junior-primary-education-put-on-hold.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Junior-primary-education-put-on-hold.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Junior-primary-education-put-on-hold.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Junior-primary-education-put-on-hold.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Picture for illustrative purposes only. Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said that learners who already reported to hostels should remain there until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther communication will be issued after the President\u2019s announcement,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nghipondoka said the ministry decided to pause the resumption of classes as a cautionary measure to ensure the health and safety of all staff members and learners.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":292757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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