Anxiety about the second day of distance learning after connection problems



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E-learning continues today for all students in kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools and lyceums. In the “premiere” of Primary Education yesterday, there were connectivity and identification problems, according to complaints. The Ministry of Education described the problems as individual that were resolved. According to yesterday’s data, 47,000 digital classes were connected with approximately 700,000 Primary Education students.

A senior executive from the Federation of Teachers of Greece spoke about the connection problems. According to reports received by the federation, in most cases, children and teachers were only able to connect for the first 30 to 60 minutes. According to the same sources, the biggest problems were identified in northern Greece and Attica.

In her remarks, Elena Prassaki, Cisco’s Director of Communications and Marketing for Greece, Cyprus, and Malta, said: “Cisco is aware of the problem that has arisen regarding Webex meetings. We thank our users and partners for their patience as we work hard to investigate the issue and restore service. The progress of the restore job is available at status.webex.com.

For primary school, the daily schedule will be from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and for kindergarten from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., while each teaching hour will last 30 minutes and there will be an interval of ten minutes between lessons. time is over. We remind you that distance learning for Baccalaureate and Baccalaureate students is in the morning and coincides with the primary schedule around 2 in the afternoon when the Baccalaureate students start class and for the rest it is the last hour.

In distance education, for primary schools, it will work in addition to educational television while the suspension of the operation of Primary Education structures lasts, the material will proceed as normal.

It is recalled that the Ministry of Education has facilitated the free use of data (data) for anyone connected to the platforms, with which it collaborates, for e-learning. At the request of the Ministers of Education and Religions of Niki Kerameos and State and Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis, to the telecommunications providers Cosmote, Vodafone, Wind, Forthnet, it was ensured that the existing access to We now she also free.

Therefore, to further improve everyone’s accessibility to distance education, the following have already been secured: – more than 90,000 mobile devices (laptops, tablets) for students and teachers through NSRF and private donations

– free use of modern and asynchronous distance learning platforms
– free data for those who are connected to the platforms used by the Ministry of Education and Religions through mobile networks,

– Free phone call for those connected to the modern Webex distance learning platform through mobile or landlines.

Education Minister Niki Kerameos stated: “We do everything possible to improve equal and unimpeded access for all students to distance education, eliminating obstacles that may arise, seeking optimal solutions for all. We warmly thank the Ministry of Digital Governance for constructive cooperation. We are also grateful to the telephone providers, brand and anonymous donors, who, through their personal contribution or corporate social responsibility, contribute to the continuous continuation of the learning process and are a positive example. In this fight we are all together».

Teachers will have priority in vaccination

The Security Forces teams will include teachers, regarding the priority of vaccination, for coronary heart disease, as announced by the President of the National Vaccination Committee, Maria Theodoridou, at the joint Press Conference with the Minister of Health V. Kikilias and he highlighted: “There are many groups of our fellow citizens that are included in vaccination as a priority, such as, say, the Security Forces or the Firefighters. Definitely the teachers who have such an important project will be among the teams that will be included in the priorities “
As for when the life lessons will be taught, the objective is in a first phase to open schools at all levels of education and commerce, where there is no increase in the epidemiological burden and over-transmission, government spokesman Stelios said yesterday Petsas.

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