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Responding to COVID-19: Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

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School closures and reopenings by country

Last update: September 20th

Anguilla

  • Reopening of schools

Official websites

 

Antigua & Barbuda

  • Partial reopening of schools from Septermber 7th

Official websites

 

Argentina

  • Schools closed. There have been attempts at partial openings in areas of San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca and Formosa

Official websites

 

Aruba

  • Partial closure of schools. Waiting for reopening

Official websites

 

Bahamas

  • Partial closure of schools. Announced reopening on October 5

Official websites

 

Barbados

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Belize

  • Schools closed. Reopening in preparation

Official websites

 

Bolivia

  • Schools closed until December 2020

Official websites

 

Brazil

  • Partial reopenings (for example in Amazonas). Rio Grande do Norte announced schools closed during all 2020

Official websites

 

Chile

  • Partial closure of schools (Reopen in Easter island, Juan Fernández island and Río Ibáñez)

Official websites

 

Colombia

  • Partial reopenings under strict conditions

Official websites

 

Costa Rica

  • Schools closed during 2020

Official websites

 

Cuba

  • Reopening: September 1st

Official websites

 

Curazao

  • Schools closed. Reopening in preparation

Official websites

 

Dominica

  • Reopening from September 7th

Official websites

 

Ecuador

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

El Salvador

  • Schools closed until December 2020

Official websites

 

Grenada

  • Partial reopening

Official websites

 

Guatemala

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Guyana

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Haiti

  • Partial reopening from August 10th

Official websites

 

Honduras

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Cayman Islands

  • Schools closed. Development of guides for reopening

Official websites

 

British Virgin Islands

  • Reopening authorization from September 18th under strict protocols

Official websites

 

Jamaica

  • Schools closed. Possible reopening on October 5th

Official websites

 

Mexico

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Montserrat

  • Reopening from September 7th

Official websites

 

Nicaragua

  • Schools open

Official websites

 

Panama

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Paraguay

  • Schools closed until December 2020.

Official websites

 

Peru

  • Schools closed until December 2020

Official websites

 

Dominican Republic

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Reopening from September 7th

Official websites

 

Saint Martin

  • Partial reopening

Official websites

 

Saint Lucia

  • Partial reopening from September 7th

Official websites

 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Partial reopening from September 7th

Official websites

 

Suriname

  • Schools closed

Official websites

 

Trinidad & Tobago

  • The School Term will run from Sept 1st to Dec 11th, 2020.
    Schools will be open but students are not required to be physically present for classes until further advised.
  • Official news release

Official websites

 

Uruguay

  • Reopened schools at a general level

Official websites

 

Venezuela

  • Schools closed until December 2020

Official websites

Contact:

Press and public information:

Carolina Jerez Henríquez
Knowledge Management Section
Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Tel: +56992890175
c.jerez@unesco.org

 

Focal point for the emergency, Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean:

Mary Guinn Delaney
Regional Advisor, Education for Health and Well-Being for Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
mg.delaney@unesco.org