 Preparations are underway for the official reopening of schools on the 13th of September 2021 using the Distributed Learning approach. Teachers have been granted an additional week of preparation end in September 10. Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Cyrus C. Powell, is expounding on the purpose for the additional preparation week before the commencement of the new academic year. Reason for another week, the planning week for teachers because we realize since it is not just simply virtual learning but it is distributed learning. So there is a lot of work that needs to be done. The teachers have to prepare some packages for children who may not have access to the online learning and also together with that they have to prepare now the platforms which they are going to use to reach the children. So the distributed learning approach it is one where yes we are using it and yes it is effective based on what we have available to us but then it takes a lot of preparation from the teachers. Cyrus C. Powell is urging the public to follow the protocols to help expedite the students return to the classroom. I am appealing to everybody, everybody please, please follow the protocol, wear your mask, maintain the social distancing, stay home if you don't have anything to go and do. Stay home, protect yourself, protect the children because as I said when we the adults we follow the protocol and we can reduce the number we have, the number of cases then the children can go back to school and then they will get their full education. C. Powell says this is important because while the distributed learning approach is useful during this pandemic it is proven that face to face interaction is the more effective approach to education and provides greater benefits to students.