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While the students wait for new developments about classes in Colgio Militar from the capital of Minas Gerais, education workers carry out a caravan this Sunday, in Station square, in the Central Region of BH, against the return of face-to-face activities in schools. A movement in the opposite direction should also mark the morning of this Sunday: parents, doctors and educators will meet in Freedom Square, in the Central-South Region, in favor of the return to school The education workers of the municipal schools of Belo Horizonte will carry out a caravan with a concentration in Praa da Estao, against the return of face-to-face activities in the municipal schools of the city . Although there is still no official forecast for the return of activities in 2020 by the public authorities, the recent announcement of the resumption of the Military College has set a dangerous precedent for the health of workers.
Along with this, a demonstration called by a group of parents asking to return to classes in person also for this Sunday, triggered an alert for Education workers, ”reported the Union of Education Workers of the Public Network of Belo Horizonte . (Sind-REDE / BH), which organizes the caravan.
Union representatives say that although there has been a slight slowdown in the average transmission rate, this does not mean controlling Pandemic.
Justia investigates class again
The Federal Justice prohibited the return of face-to-face classes at the Colgio Militar de Belo Horizonte, scheduled for this Monday. In compliance with the requirement of the Union of Retired Workers and Active Pensioners of the Federal Public Service of Minas Gerais (SINDSEP-MG), the jury of the 3rd Federal Court Cvel de Minas granted emergency protection to maintain the “telework regime for all teachers ”, Under penalty of a daily fine of R $ 5,000.
The Federal Union, in process – from the Military College administered by the Brazilian Army and, therefore, linked to the Federal Government – has already received the decision.
In the decision, federal judge William Ken Aoki considered that “the Military College of Belo Horizonte, no matter how legal it is of a federal entity, as an educational establishment has its facilities in the Municipality of Belo Horizonte and the return to face-to-face classes is a a peculiar matter of interest to the Municipality, whose authorities are responsible for deciding on the timeliness and safety of the return of face-to-face activities of the schools, within their territorial limits.
The magistrate also understood that “in the city of Belo Horizonte no educational establishment has returned to face-to-face activities, although some activities are gradually being resumed.” On Friday, the Federal Public Ministry had already questioned the decision to return to face-to-face activities at the school, requesting the director of the educational institution to present, within 24 hours, “technical studies and health safety protocols that support the return to educational activities. face-to-face, despite the restrictive health measures in force in the state of MG and in the capital ”.
The Military College does not resume its activities supported by any federal regulations, but by decision of the Directorate of Preparatory and Assistance Education (Depa), responsible for the coordination, control and supervision of the activities of the military schools, based on the guidelines of the Ministries of Defense, Education. and Health, Army Command and Department of Education and Culture of the Army. In a press release published on Thursday, Depa assures that “all the schools in our System are very well prepared to meet the protection needs of their members in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and in conditions to comply with the health regulations imposed. “. , but at no point does it justify the fact that it ignores state and municipal regulations across the country.
At a press conference on Friday, Belo Horizonte City Secretary of Health Jackson Machado said the city government is trying to prevent the reopening of the Colgio Militar. This is because authorities say it is not a safe time to resume. The reopening of the Colgio Militar de Belo Horizonte “by force” annuls state and municipal regulations on COVID-19 combat actions. In Juiz de Fora, in the Zona da Mata, the municipal committee prohibited returning to classes at the city’s Military College.
The army did not respond to the newspaper State of Minas until the publication of this article.
