The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has con­firmed that there will be nor­mal school op­er­a­tions on Mon­day 28 Feb­ru­ary and Tues­day 1 March 2022.

An ad­vi­so­ry is­sued to­day by the Min­istry states:

“Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day are not Of­fi­cial Pub­lic Hol­i­days of Trinidad and To­ba­go but were grant­ed as Of­fi­cial School Hol­i­days in the past due to the street pa­rade. The cur­rent Pub­lic Health Or­di­nance (Le­gal No­tice No.14 Pub­lic Health) lim­its gath­er­ing, and there­fore negates the need to ren­der schools closed on these two days.  As such, the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has ad­vised that schools are to con­duct nor­mal op­er­a­tions on Mon­day 28th Feb­ru­ary and Tues­day 1st March 2022.”

The Min­istry’s re­lease al­so notes that school prin­ci­pals must first seek and ob­tain ap­proval from the Chief Ed­u­ca­tion Of­fi­cer be­fore de­vi­at­ing from the ap­proved timetable.

The Min­istry al­so as­sures: “The health and safe­ty of our stu­dents re­main para­mount.”