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Suburb – North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has brought an extension of winter school holidays to the most populous state due to the corona pandemic. This is a “conceivable possibility,” Laschet said Tuesday on WDR television to consider starting the vacation two days early.
Specifically, this would mean that winter break would not start on December 23, but on Monday, December 21. That would mean the last day of school before Christmas on December 18.
The state government will discuss this with the associations, Laschet said. “It’s not a bad idea”.
The background of the considerations is that people should limit their contacts as much as possible before Christmas so that there are no infections in family celebrations at Christmas. “But that doesn’t provide any security either,” Laschet stressed.
Under state government plans, the two additional winter holidays could be pulled from Carnival. Normally NRW students do not have lessons around Rose Monday. The Education Ministry is considering this alternative solution, Laschet said. “Because one thing is clear: there will be no carnival next year.” And you really shouldn’t go on a skiing vacation during that time, he added.
