Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools in Cambodia are still closed to present. It was first ordered last March 16th and was extended until further notice by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS).
As regular classes have been further disrupted by the pandemic, the XJS Primary School planned some initiatives to address the need of offering continued education despite the lack of face-to-face classes. Primarily, the objectives of the project are to prepare the students for the resuming of the school, to ensure that they remain active even within the bounds of their homes, and to provide necessary information regarding the do’s and don’ts at this time of pandemic.
To implement this, the teachers first surveyed on the number of families who have access to the internet. As over fifty percent of the students turned out to have access to the internet, the school decided to start crafting fun educational videos. The educational videos cover varied contents such as songs, dances, storytelling, exercises, proper hygiene, and revisions of the previous lessons.
If the school resumption were to be further extended, the school is also planning to provide take-home activities that the students may work on from their homes. For the XJS PS Online Classes, please follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqbhTC0JvKcoFw8ab8hRv3A.
The Xavier Jesuit School community really hopes for the school to reopen soon and for it to be filled with children’s joyous voice and laughter once again.