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The landscape regarding the opening of schools remains unexplored.
The fear of premature opening
On Monday, January 4, the committee of specialists in infectious diseases is expected to meet again on the subject, as there is disagreement about when and under what conditions we can return to permanent teaching in the classrooms.
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The objective of the government and the Ministry of Education to open schools immediately after the holidays, on January 8 or 11, is maintained.
However, any decision for a safe opening of schools presupposes knowledge of any increase in mobility cases since the Christmas season and this makes scientists distrust when they are called upon to decide and make suggestions to the Ministry of Education.
The potential opening for some may be premature and lead to setbacks, so careful steps are required to restart the school units.
The scenario that precedes elementary schools
In this context, it seems that the predominant scenario is the decisions that concern the gradual opening of school levels. Based on this scenario, the date for January 8 or 11 appears to be more about primary schools and kindergartens, while for the other levels (high schools and high schools), it is possible that the opening hours will be postponed a bit longer. late.
Although the government would like to open all educational levels for social reasons.
Decisions are safe after the holidays.
The opening of schools “must be done carefully based on the evaluations of the experts, I would say that after January 10 the decisions must be made because we always know that there is an interval of 10 to 15 days after the holidays”. If then we are at a safe level, in my opinion, kindergartens and primary schools should be opened, from there we should start and the liberation of the economy should start slowly ”, said Elías Mosialos.
The president of the Panhellenic Medical Association, Athanasios Exadaktylos, also seems extremely wary of any “early opening” of schools.
Parental mobility
The professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Aristotle, Demosthenes Sarigiannis, argues that schools should open later and not at the beginning of January, as he has stated based on the computational mathematical models that he applies in his research on the mobility of parents and teachers which will increase contacts by 10%.
In this context, many different suggestions are made, although it is widely recognized that students should immediately return to their natural environment, that is, to schools.
From what has been publicly said by scientists to date, the main problem in terms of the operation of schools is not so much the transmission of the coronavirus within the school environment as mainly the increase in the mobility of the population (parents, teachers, etc.) . ) which also increases the transmissibility of the virus.
“The most important thing is to see how we can reduce transmission also in schools.” The courses could be done in rotation, while I constantly suggest combining the opening of schools with an increase in teleworking for parents, in order to reduce mobility of adults, “said Mr. Sarigiannis speaking with MEGA.
The test plan
One of the measures under consideration is conducting tests aimed at students and teachers and according to the information, this proposal was presented by the Minister of Education, Niki Kerameos, in the last teleconference of specialists in infectious diseases.
According to the information, a special platform will be created that will be interested in those who wish to take a test.
Special teams will be set up throughout Greece to carry out these tests, before the schools open.
According to the infectious diseases professor Nikos Sypsas, the test plan presented by the Minister of Education during the committee’s teleconference on Tuesday December 29, described as “safe.”
In the “quiver” of the Ministry of Education, however, there are other proposals, such as attending and finishing classes with a short period of time to avoid overcrowding.
The teachers’ vaccination proposal
Athena Linou suggested that teachers get vaccinated before schools open, with priority for those belonging to vulnerable groups (underlying diseases, the elderly, etc.).
However, Ms. Linou, because the vaccines in the current school year cannot meet the needs, is in favor of many tests to verify the epidemiological burden in areas and large school complexes, before the decision is made to open them.
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