{"id":24757,"date":"2021-05-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/?p=24757"},"modified":"2021-05-05T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:21:37","slug":"a-message-from-the-director-of-anglican-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/a-message-from-the-director-of-anglican-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"A message from the Director of Anglican Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CELEBRATING EDUCATION WEEK 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cBridging the Digital and Social Divide:&nbsp; Transforming Education for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development,\u201d<\/strong> is a timely theme for Education Week 2021.&nbsp; The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted the inequity that exists in our country.&nbsp; It is over a year since the COVID-19 appeared on our shores and disrupted our lives and lifestyles.&nbsp; Our children have been seriously impacted by the many changes especially in education.&nbsp; The fact that teaching and learning is mostly virtual introduces problems for both parents and students based on the need for suitable resources and adequate supervision.&nbsp; The issues are further compounded when parents and guardians are unemployed and cannot properly care for their charges.&nbsp; Many children end up being abused or neglected.&nbsp; Our role as teachers and administrators thus become critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we celebrate Education Week we must be mindful of our students and their concerns.&nbsp; Many are challenged in various ways and are dependent on people of integrity, love and care to overcome their adversities.&nbsp; As teachers we have to be such persons;&nbsp; our country needs us to guide our students on a path of growth.&nbsp; The social and emotional needs of the students must be met even as you grapple with your own needs.&nbsp; This requires a lot of effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use this opportunity to urge you to continue the great work you have been doing in our schools.&nbsp; Thank you for your sacrifices, your patience and understanding as you nurture our children.&nbsp; We pray that God will continue to bless you in all your endeavours and keep you safe and healthy especially at this time.&nbsp; Observe the protocols and together we shall overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Blessed and happy Teachers Day and Education Week!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ena Barclay (Mrs.)<br>Director of Anglican Schools<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CELEBRATING EDUCATION WEEK 2021 \u201cBridging the Digital and Social Divide:&nbsp; Transforming Education for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development,\u201d is a timely theme for Education Week 2021.&nbsp; The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted the inequity that exists in our country.&nbsp; It is over a year since the COVID-19 appeared on our shores and disrupted our lives and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":24758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-schools","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24759,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24757\/revisions\/24759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}