Education in Cairo: Eliminate the morning queue at all schools and commit to having more than one daily break.

Mohamed Attia, Director of the Directorate of Education in Cairo, held a meeting with the general directors and agents of the educational departments “Online” via the Internet, in the presence of the technical office and the leaders of the directorate.

The meeting discussed the instructions of the Cairo governor a week after the study began, as a number of procedures were emphasized and closely followed in light of the current circumstances.

The procedures are:

For the school:

1- Eliminate the morning queue, provided that the supervision of the teachers is distributed around the patio and the stairs so that the students organize themselves while they climb the stairs until they enter the classes, with the obligation to have more than one space per day school.

2- All school employees must wear a mask, and any teacher is prohibited from entering the classroom without the muzzle.

3- Provide water, soap and alcohol in all places of the school.

4- The presence of the health visitor and not allowing to leave the school except in an official way.

5- Schools communicate with the Governing Board to help parents not accumulate outside of school through awareness meetings between the school and the Governing Board.

Tracking mechanism:

Emphasis on the Director General to intensify the follow-ups, review the follow-up plans, and the agent of the administration must approve the largest number of schools and review the plans for the various stages and directives so that all the administration schools are covered in one week.

The General Director of General Education confirmed the start of the monitoring on Sunday morning before the students enter the school, to ensure the availability of preventive and precautionary measures by the school, the availability of alcohol and disinfectants and the use of masks for the workers, and the application of separation measures, highlighting that the class does not exceed 25 students, and confirming that the learning resource schedules are announced. Online », so that the tutor can keep track of the class schedule.

The Director of the Directorate highlighted the completion and activation of the delivery of textbooks and tablets.

Regarding social education in administrations:

1- Communicate with the parents of absent students to find out the reason for the absence and the reassurance of the guardian so that the child returns to school and does not engage in malicious rumors in order to reduce the absence of students.

2- Hold “conference and seminar” meetings to educate students and parents and present ways to prevent the spread of the virus and limit meetings to preserve public health.

3- Monitor student behavior, monitor any negativity and hold the necessary meetings to reduce it.

4- Emphasis on organizing students when entering the school and leaving to avoid risks.

5- Preparation of awareness posters to be placed in a visible place on the exterior doors of the school about precautionary measures

6- Assign specific times and places to receive parents and answer their questions.

As for secondary schools, it adds to the above:

– Close the smart board (password) and do not allow students to run it individually and play movies, etc., and if proven otherwise, class leader, duties supervisor, class teacher, supervisor In general, the school principal will be responsible, while the electronic devices and school furniture are preserved.

Regarding the daily absenteeism count, the Director of the Directorate stressed that speed and precision should be taken into account, since the veracity of the preparation is the responsibility of the Director General and send it to the general and technical education office before nine in the morning, and taking into account not to crowd the students in front of the doors and limit the meetings.

The director of the directorate emphasized monitoring the schools that operate on Saturdays, covering all schools, and communicating with the neighborhoods to remove rubbish and garbage around the schools constantly, and indicated how to handle the data and its circulation, and investigate the accuracy and confidentiality to avoid causing panic, and highlighted the confidentiality of the circulation of information, coordination and communication between school coordinators, departments, the administration and the medical district. .

Regarding making the decision to close the class in case of contagion due to separation and mixing, and the decision is made to move the education in that semester to online in coordination with the Directorate and the medical district with spraying the classes and the seats to daily, and emphasize the cleanliness of the bathrooms and their cleaning in a timely manner, and control the thermal scanner and emphasize the role and vigilance of the visitor. Sanitary and stress procedures.

He indicated the immediate closure of any educational center without a license in the vicinity of the administration, so any educational entity that is not authorized to close will be attended to immediately, in accordance with the instructions of the governor and the minister, in coordination with the neighborhood and the police department.