MARTIN MAWAYA
HARARE-The government has given the nod to parents and guardians to visit boarding schools following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions by the World Health Organization (WHO) which said the pandemic is no longer a public emergency.
The ban was lifted today by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary, Tumisang Thabela through an announcement.
Government banned parental visits to boarding during the peak of the pandemic to mitigate against the risk of spreading the disease.
In a statement this afternoon, Thabela said parents can now visit their children at the boarding learning institutions.
She said government through the Ministry of Health and Child Care lifted standard operating procedures which assisted the country in reducing the spread and impact of the pandemic.
“In view of the foregoing, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has revised its position on parental visits to children at boarding schools. With immediate effect, heads of schools are allowed to resume the previous practice of organised parental visits to schools.
“Vaccination at all schools should continue, maintain temperature screening, strict hand-washing, availability of clean water and high standards of sanitation and hygiene as permanent measures for mitigating against any communicable and influenza-like diseases in our schools,” said Thabela.
