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This Thursday, around 15 students from the El Llano Professional Technical High School, located in the commune of Pirque, in the Metropolitan Region.
The schools of this commune they would be the first in the capital to return to face-to-face classes, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
However, according to the morning “Welcome” by Channel 13, no student arrived at the school that opened at 9:00 AM.
Lorena Ríos, eighth grade guardian at Lo Arcaya school, explained why she did not send her little one: “My decision was not to send my son until all this pandemic is solved (…) the sanitary cords were removed and people come from outside, the contagion and fear will always be there “.
The detail
He Government confirmed no child attended the Liceo El Llano today, and detailed the attendance at the other municipal establishments in Pirque: 11 minors at the Liceo Principal, four children at the Santos Rubio School and five children at the Lo Arcaya School.
Marco Medina, belonging to the corporation’s teachers union, said that “we express our rejection of the mayor’s measure of the return to face-to-face classes. We have as an argument the epidemiological reports, Health, by all known. We have as an argument the experience at the international level, which indicates that the return to face-to-face classes is not viable“.
Minister Figueroa: We value commitment
It should be noted that the Minister of Education, Raúl Figueroa, visited on Wednesday the Liceo El Principal of the commune, which had health services, social distance between tables and protocols established for third and fourth year students to meet up with their classmates.
“We value the commitment of educational assistants, teachers and managers of the educational community of Pirque, who decided to be available to their families and reopen their schools. About 20 students were able, thanks to this effort, to meet again“, said the head of education.
“Gradually and complying with all the sanitary measures, (we are going to) recover the school experience. I want to remember that the plan to reopen the schools is based on three pillars: safety, a gradual and voluntary nature for families who want to attend classes“
Carlos Diaz, regional metropolitan president of the College of Teachers, said that “the decision of the mayor of this commune, of return to face-to-face classes, decision made in an absolutely inconsistent way, without listening to the communities“.
Tomorrow the first establishments of the RM will return to face-to-face classes. Together with the undersecretary @pdazan and the mayor of Pirque, @CBalmacedaU, we visit the Liceo El Principal, where 3rd and 4th grade students will meet up with their classmates #Keep Learning pic.twitter.com/xU0mXfTa9p
– Raúl Figueroa Salas (@raulfiguersa) September 30, 2020
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