COVID-19 pandemic, parents have had to grapple with taking on a new role on top of caregiving and their own jobs: teaching.After a month of learning from home, Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin announced on Friday that many Nova Scotia students are returning to the classroom this week.But those in the Halifax and Sydney areas aren’t returning to in-person learning yet — though some exceptions will be made for students with complex needs — as the province fights to flatten the third wave of COVID-19, which has been mostly concentrated in those areas.According to the province’s at-home learning plan, students learning from home are doing a combination of online instruction with their teachers and self-directed learning, either by themselves or.