Education
Ministry of Education guidelines on school trips
The ministry guidelines have banned learners in nursery school or kindergarten from undertaking school tours or trips.
The ministry is expected to provide strict controls on study tours and trips to prevent financial exploitation of parents. (File photo)
By: New Vision Journalist, Journalist @New Vision
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As part of the guidelines, learners' movement for trips and tours will not go beyond 6:00pm and schools are required to indicate clear stopovers and sleepovers prior to departure from school.
The ministry guidelines have banned learners in nursery school or kindergarten from undertaking school tours or trips.
In addition, children in lower primary school, covering classes from Primary One to Primary Three, may undertake school trips or tours, but only under special circumstances, with maximum caution from school management.
The ministry is expected to provide strict controls on study tours and trips to prevent financial exploitation of parents.
However, as part of the general guidelines, the school shall specify the kind of trips or tours acceptable and approved by the Governing Bodies, ensuring that all trips align with the educational objectives of the school and consider the financial implications for learners and their families.
In normal circumstances, the guidelines indicate that the learners' fieldwork supporting curriculum implementation is encouraged to take place in and around the school premises to minimise the possible challenges learners may encounter farther away from school.
The ministry is expected to provide strict controls on study tours and trips to prevent financial exploitation of parents.
However, as part of the general guidelines, the school shall specify the kind of trips or tours acceptable and approved by the Governing Bodies, ensuring that all trips align with the educational objectives of the school and consider the financial implications for learners and their families.
In normal circumstances, the guidelines indicate that the learners' fieldwork supporting curriculum implementation is encouraged to take place in and around the school premises to minimise the possible challenges learners may encounter farther away from school.
The schools are now required to communicate the proposed sites for school visits to parents and other concerned stakeholders on time, and that they must be evaluated for educational value and safety.
When organising a school tour, the school administration shall notify the police of the place of visit, number of learners, mode of travel, and contact information for the teacher in charge and Headteacher.
Students should dress decently while on school tours, and should be in school uniforms. Unbecoming behaviours like drinking, smoking, drug abuse, dancing on the road, abusing other road users, etc., shall not be tolerated. There should always be a teacher in the vehicle transporting the learners to ensure maximum discipline.
School rules and regulations shall apply during school tours.
When organising a school tour, the school administration shall notify the police of the place of visit, number of learners, mode of travel, and contact information for the teacher in charge and Headteacher.
Students should dress decently while on school tours, and should be in school uniforms. Unbecoming behaviours like drinking, smoking, drug abuse, dancing on the road, abusing other road users, etc., shall not be tolerated. There should always be a teacher in the vehicle transporting the learners to ensure maximum discipline.
School rules and regulations shall apply during school tours.