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The beginning of the new school year in September 14 announced the Minister of Education and Religions Niki Kerameos, at a joint press conference with the Undersecretary of the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson Stelio petsa, the Minister of the Interior Taki Theodorikako and the president of KEDE Dimitris Papastergiou.
Em. Kerameos stressed that the start of the new school year will be with all the students and with greater prevention measures. He noted that the pandemic is a dynamic process and added: “We will not hesitate to take meters more severe or more forgiving«.
the current school operating plan, he said, is based on the recommendation and instructions of the National Committee for the Protection of Public Health against COVID-19, which took into account the latest epidemiological and scientific data.
Clarified that each step will be evaluated and updated, if necessary, depending on the evolution of the pandemic, at the local, regional and national levels.
The Minister of Education recalled the measures that have already been taken for the operation of schools, such as the mandatory use of masks indoors but also outdoors, where there is overcrowding.
Answering your question ERT On how to maintain distances within the classrooms, Niki Kerameos replied that the unanimous suggestion of the competent Committee was to operate the schools in full composition, but with security measures. She pointed out the “increase in the size of the mask”, the presence of fixed people in the classrooms and the different breaks to limit synchronicity.
Categories of students who are exempt from the mandatory use of masks
- Child with cognitive, developmental, or mental disorder or behavior disorder
- Children with a neurological, muscular or other disease that prevents them from wearing the mask.
- In the School Units of Special Education Units, a mask will be used only if possible.
F. Petsas: schools will continue to be a hotbed of knowledge, not a coronavirus outbreak
In his introductory statement, the government spokesman Stelios Petsas He stressed that the school year that begins in a few days is different.
“Additional protective measures are needed so that schools us to stay knowledge cell, not a dispersal center of coronavirus“Mr. Petsas stressed. At the same time, he pointed out the need to teamwork by the government, local government, teachers, students and parents.
Regarding the opening of schools, he said that a sufficient number of our fellow citizens have not yet returned to the urban centers. Especially in Athens, until August 31, according to the analysis of population mobility data, from tolls, ferry and air transport, as well as public transport, it seems that about 85% of the residents of the capital have returned to the city.
Stelios Petsas asked all parents to come back The following days with their children at home. And take care, for the sake of the whole family, of being safe restricting your contacts with the community at large for the next few days until school starts.
The 16 prevention and precautionary measures in schools
- Mandatory mask wear, with special emphasis on education from kindergarten through 3rd grade.
- Update with updated instructions EODY lists
- Antiseptics at school and meticulous cleaning by local government
- Reinforcement of the full-time school with additional credits exceeding 100 million euros
- EODY sampling controls in schools in cases requiring intervention
- Different breaks to limit grouping of student groups
- Custom dining room operation. Special provision of the Ministry of the Interior in accordance with the instructions of the Commission
- School celebrations with measurements – within each school department
- Student competitions with measurements: mandatory mask and observance of other measurements
- No excursions and conferences
- Visits to museums, public buildings, etc. and walks by department
- In sports, there will be small, stable teams for team games, while no school tournaments will be held.
- In the workshops, there will be stable collaboration groups. Materials and equipment will be cleaned after each use.
- In the computer room, the computer keyboard and mouse will be cleaned.
- For lessons with musical instruments a distance of 3 meters will be observed, especially in the case of wind instruments. Musical instruments will be cleaned after each use.
- Strong composition for single hermit / water crab. Provide a water tank to all students in elementary, public and private schools.
Groups of students at higher risk
- Students receiving chemotherapy for malignancy or after a homologous hematopoietic cell transplant if less than 6 months have passed since its completion
- Students after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation if less than 12 months have passed
- Students after a solid organ transplant if less than 24 months have passed
- Students with sickle cell anemia
- Students with severe congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (HIV and CD4 <500)
- Students undergoing chronic cortisone therapy (prednisolone> 20 mg / day)
- Students with severe chronic kidney disease or kidney failure
- Students with hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease or known cardiomyopathy
- Students with chronic and severe lung disease, such as cystic ionization with respiratory failure or children with severe and uncontrolled asthma, according to the opinion of a specialized center.
- Students with complex metabolic or neurological problems
Source: ERT
