Bahrain: School staff, teachers to start working from Sunday

  • Date: 02-Oct-2020
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Bahrain
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Bahrain: School staff, teachers to start working from Sunday

The Ministry of Education has announced that the administrative, teaching and technical staff will start work on Sunday (October 4).Bahrain had postponed the re-opening of public schools by two weeks in order to test all administrative, technical and teaching staff for coronavirus (COVID-19).In a statement issued today, the ministry announced the staggered re-entry by 50 percent of the teaching staff, with rotated school attendance.The administrative and technical staff as well as employees working at different ministry's directorates and sections and the higher education sector are all required to attend. In a statement today, the ministry said 1% of the administrative, teaching and teaching staff failed today to respond to its call to undergo the PCR to ensure public safety.The ministry has decided consequently not to allow them to return at the scheduled