{"id":198337,"date":"2026-10-30T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/?p=198337&preview=true&preview_id=198337"},"modified":"2026-10-30T04:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:55:15","slug":"schools-to-continue-closing-at-noon-through-15-november-due-to-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/schools-to-continue-closing-at-noon-through-15-november-due-to-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools to continue closing at noon through 15 November due to heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>All primary schools, VO and VOS schools that fall under General Education of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture will also close at 12 noon in November due to the persistent heat. The adjusted school hours will remain in effect for the time being until November 15, 2026. The ministry announced this in a statement.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The ministry advises school heads and directors to use shortened lesson periods so that all subjects can be covered and learning objectives can be achieved as much as possible. In addition, it advises taking regular drinking breaks if necessary because of the high temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>A mathematics teacher at a mulo school, identified by the initials S.H., understands the ministry&#8217;s decision. According to him, the heat in the classrooms is barely bearable. \u201cEspecially after the break, it really starts to get hot. The pupils then have difficulty following the lessons with concentration,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Although the teacher considers the measure necessary, he expects the shortened lesson times to affect the coverage of the curriculum. Whereas he normally has 40 minutes for a lesson, he now has to make do with only 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the lower grades, that is not really a problem, but in the fourth grades I do run short of time,\u201d he explains. Especially in the examination classes, he needs more time to adequately guide pupils and prepare them for their school examinations (SO).<\/p>\n<p>To limit the backlog as much as possible, the teacher is considering using colleagues&#8217; lesson periods and providing additional mathematics lessons during substitute periods.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges posed by the adjusted school hours, he continues to support the ministry&#8217;s decision. According to him, the measure is necessary because of the persistent heat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All schools under Algemeen Vormend Onderwijs will close daily at noon until 15 November due to extreme heat, with adjusted class hours and additional drinking breaks for pupils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":198341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307","service":"facebook","timestamp":1793376280,"status":"error"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","wpai_generated_summary":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16333],"tags":[24978,20617,16291,20032,24979,20637,16292],"class_list":["post-198337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-closing-time","tag-education","tag-key-news","tag-nieuws","tag-november","tag-schools","tag-suriname"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Onderwijs-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198480,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198337\/revisions\/198480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}