{"id":19498,"date":"2020-05-07T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T18:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19498"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T19:57:49","slug":"government-gives-go-ahead-to-in-person-post-secondary-classes-in-september-if-covid-19-numbers-allow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/05\/07\/government-gives-go-ahead-to-in-person-post-secondary-classes-in-september-if-covid-19-numbers-allow\/","title":{"rendered":"Government gives go-ahead to in-person post-secondary classes in September if COVID-19 numbers allow"},"content":{"rendered":"

BC premier John Horgan announced on Wednesday, May 6 a detailed plan for the gradual re-opening of the province, and part of that plan includes post-secondary classes.<\/p>\n

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BC premier John Horgan (middle) announces the province’s re-opening plan (photo by Province of British Columbia).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phase three of the re-opening plan will take place from June to September, provided transmission rates of COVID-19 remain low or in decline; part of that phase involves allowing a mix of online and in-person classes for post-secondary institutions, starting in September.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Camosun College declined to comment, saying that they needed more information before they could fully understand the implications of the announcement for the post-secondary sector.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, May 7, there are 2,255 cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia; 1,494 of these cases have recovered and there have been 124 deaths, for a total of 637 active cases in the province.<\/p>\n

More on this story as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BC premier John Horgan announced on Wednesday, May 6 a detailed plan for the gradual re-opening of the province, and part of that plan includes post-secondary classes. Phase three of the re-opening plan will take place from June to September, provided transmission rates of COVID-19 remain low or in decline; part of that phase involves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t