In light of the recent spell of dry weather being experienced in the country, the Ministry of Education is calling on school managements and committees to ensure that it does not affect studies when school resumes next week.
Minister Filipe Bole said the recent dry weather has not only affected schools and families in the Yasawas and the highlands of Sigatoka, but also families and schools along the Suva - Nausori corridor.
Bole said as term 3 begins next week all school committees and managements whose school usually face water shortages should be alert to ensure a smooth start of the final term, requesting committees to make the necessary arrangements, if there is no water supply at the school.
Bole stressed that students and teachers should not be running around on the first day looking for water as this is the school management and committee's task.
He added for teachers, it is always better that students spend at least half a day at school rather than taking a whole day off, and they must use their own discretion during periods of water shortage and ensure that their respective District Education Offices are well informed on ways in which the school will recover lost teaching time.
Bole said students should also be encouraged to take water bottles to school and this water should be boiled properly.
Story by: Ana Naisoro
