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Students from affected islands to be relocated

THE Ministry of Education has advised parents of students from the islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin to contact Deputy Director for School Management Joel Lewis to have the process fast-tracked to have students relocated to schools in another island.

The ministry said like most, if not all of the structures on those affected islands, schools were severely damaged or completely destroyed.

“We are mindful that many students will be moving to New Providence and other islands to live with family members and will need to be registered in a new school,” the ministry said. “We want to make this process as seamless and hassle free as possible. We appeal to parents to enrol students as soon as possible in order to bring some degree of normalcy back to their lives and to ensure that their education is not interrupted in the midst of all that is taking place.

“Given the circumstances facing our country at this time, we want to be sensitive to the needs of our fellow citizens, particularly the students of those islands and do whatever we can to make this transition as easy as possible.”

Mr Lewis can be reached at 502-8239, 502-8267 or 502-8244.

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