Education Minister Gord Wyant. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

By CKOM News Staff

Sask. to unveil back-to-school plan at 2:30 p.m.

Aug 4, 2020 | 12:11 PM

The Government of Saskatchewan is to release the details Tuesday of its back-to-school plan for students and teachers.

The province closed schools in March due to COVID-19, but provided online learning for students interested in continuing their education.

On June 9, the government announced in-person classes would resume in the fall but didn’t provide any other details.

The government said at the time that while the plan is for a return to the classroom, contingency plans will be put in place in case there’s an increased risk of transmission that would mean in-class learning can’t start, either regionally or provincially.

In June, the Ministry of Education distributed public health guidelines for schools that were developed with the help of Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer.

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Education Minister Gord Wyant said in June the guidelines could include things like separate entrances into schools, staggered classrooms, rescheduled classes, fewer children in classrooms or even some online learning.

Everything depends on the state of affairs with the coronavirus by the time school is scheduled to start.

“If the ongoing risk (of transmission) is significantly minimized, then things will be a little bit different than if the risk factors were higher,” Wyant said at the time.

“Some of the considerations that are going to have to go into this are really going to be quite flexible in terms of ensuring that what we provide is a safe learning environment for our children and a safe working environment for teachers and staff.”

More to come.