For eight weeks during the summer holidays, lessons known as “Summer Catch-Up Sessions” are being given, in six centers and also through an online virtual school. This initiative of the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation will help students recover learning lost due to the pandemic.
The program includes a variety of academic activities from Mathematics, English, Maltese, and Science lessons to activities designed to build the children’s character and personality.
“Through this program we are confirming how as a government we believe that we should give all the necessary tools to our students to reach their full level. This initiative involves a good number of teachers who are helping the students to reach the desired level in their education and at the same time we see that the summer months are also productive months for the students to learn and in – at the same time they enjoy doing it”, said the Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation Clifton Grima during a visit to the center at the Santa Teresa College in Birkirkara.
The teachers involved in this initiative claimed that it is very good to see so many children have this opportunity to enjoy sessions of activities that support their mental and physical health, together with their educational progress.
Director General of the Department of Curriculum, Long-Term Learning and Employability within the Ministry Jude Zammit explained that this initiative is aimed as a remedy for the learning that was lost during the pandemic, when the schools had to close their doors. “The program of lessons that we did last year had a very good response both from the students and also from the teachers who stated that they saw significant progress from the students and therefore this year we launched this initiative again”, said Mr. Zammit.
The program covers students between Year One and Year Ten and during these weeks they will have the opportunity to review what they have learned during the past school year.
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