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The time for the announcements of the end date of the start of classes in schools is approaching.
According to information transmitted by MEGA, they want the increase in the number of students in August and the enigma of the return of licensees due to the dispersion in the community to bring as a predominant scenario the beginning of the courses on September 14.
According to exclusive information from MEGA, the bell is expected to ring on September 14, marking the start of the new school year.
In fact, It appears that primary, secondary and high schools will reopen the same day.
The issue of distances and, of course, the number of students in classrooms continues to be a thorn in the side of parents and teachers alike.
Kerameans: Monday’s decisions
“Tomorrow at noon the committee of experts will meet and we are completely ready for the opening of the schools and for September 7, as we had planned,” Education Minister Niki Kerameos told SKAI, who affirmed that the final decisions will be they will take on Tuesday. decisions to start the school year.
According to the minister, everything is ready to open schools when decided, as teachers have been hired earlier than ever, books are in place, while all necessary measures have already been taken for the coronavirus.
And added that “We will weigh the parameter of the return of the hikers in August, so that the movements of the asymptomatic, which create a problem, have been limited.”
Ms. Kerameos emphasized once again that “it is of the utmost importance to find the children back in their school environment.”
Zacharaki: Tuesday’s official announcements
Government officials point out that the epidemiological picture of the country is the one that will require the beginning of courses, being the Deputy Minister of Education, Sofia Zacharaki, noting that the main date on which the ministry is established It is September 7, however, the possibility remains that we will finally reach a new date.
As Ms Zacharaki said in statements to KONTRA and journalist Giorgos Michailidis, “the data is evaluated daily by issuing different epidemiological models. An important teleconference is held on Monday, together with the plenary session of scientists, the Covid treatment committee, the Ministry of Health and EODY, to indicate the opening date of schools».
“We have made all the preparations for the opening of the schools on September 7. Preparation means hiring substitutes, earlier than any other year, more than any other year.” More than 24,000 deputies, teachers and special personnel have been hired, while we we prepare for innovations due to the pandemic ”, said Mrs. Zacharaki and highlighted that Decisions about the start date of the courses will be made on Monday.
Regarding the number of students in schools, the Deputy Minister of Education stressed that each school has a different capacity and there are differences between the most remote areas and urban centers.
Against scientists on the issue of distances
At the same time, scientists like Professor Elías Mosialos propose to provide additional didactic spaces to ensure the greatest possible distances between students.
At the same time, with comments in a post by Gika Majorkinis, the Genetics professor at the University of Geneva, Manolis Dermitzakis, expressed his opposition to the model with the distances of students in schools.
“When you have 25 people in a certain area, you increase the possibility that someone will be positive and therefore transmit to a number of other students and even more than if the class has 15 people” Mr. Dermitzakis.
In a new post today, Mr. Majorkinis highlighted that “the 1.5 meter distance is important for droplet transmission and we should observe it as much as possible in general. “Where we cannot, we must find a way to reduce the possibility of transmission by wearing a mask.”
More expensive
The keyword this year is indoor masks for everyone from toddlers to seniors. Students not wearing them will be dismissed from school and will be absent.
Teachers and professors will not be admitted to educational units without a mask.
The daily return of all students to classrooms means that distances will be difficult to maintain.
And this, as in the desks of most schools two students will sit, although both will wear a mask.
According to data from the educational federations, in approximately 2/3 of the classes the students are over 20 years old, while in some cases they are close to 30.
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