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Mayor Bruno Covas (PSDB) has already decided that classes in the capital should come back later this year And it won’t be postponed until 2021, as the cities of the metropolitan region did. According to City Council sources, it should announce this Thursday 17, which schools will be able to start extracurricular activities in October. Back to school, in fact, will be re-evaluated and possibly should happen in early November.
The postponement to 2021 has been criticized by education experts who classify the losses from the lack of schooling of children and adolescents, as nutritional, emotional, as well as learning. Private schools have implemented health protocols with enormous logistical effort and high costs and feared that nothing could be put into practice this year.
The mayor of São Paulo, Bruno Covas (PSDB), at a press conference at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes
Photo: Disclosure / Government of the State of SP / Content Estadão
On the other hand, teachers from municipal and state schools oppose the return this year and threaten to go on strike for fear of contamination by the coronavirus. The decision to return with extracurricular activities on October 7 will allow public and private schools to offer English, sports classes, recreation, provided that in accordance with the distance and hygiene sanitary protocols.
Until last week it was discussed in the City Council that classes in the capital could stay for 2021, but the health and education portfolios agreed that this decision would not be the most appropriate. The São Paulo government has already authorized the return to school on October 7 throughout the state, but mayors have the autonomy to decide in each city.
Covas is also due to announce the results of the new serological survey conducted with children from public and private schools on Thursday. The latter indicated that 16.1% have antibodies against the new coronavirus. Of the total, 64.4% are asymptomatic due to covid-19, since the management was concerned about the possibility of dissemination. For this reason, the mayor did not authorize the return in September, as the State also predicted, for the reinforcement activity. The decision was criticized by the Union of Educational Institutions of the State of São Paulo (SIEEESP), which went to court to challenge it.
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