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After two days back and forth, it is finally expected today to be announced by Education Minister Niki Kerameos that starting Monday elementary schools, kindergartens and kindergartens across the country will be closed, according to the unanimous suggestion of the commission, in the context of tightening the closure. and when the second wave of coronavirus reaches its peak.
As it is not easy for very young children to attend distance education and furthermore Webex and the Panhellenic Schools Network, which had already faced problems, may not be able to bear a greater burden, primary students will continue their lessons in an educational way (with educational television). 220 lessons recorded on video) and distance education, modern and asynchronous.
Of course, this creates additional problems for households that may already have children in high school and high school who attend distance classes and parents who work remotely, as not all have multiple computers or an adequate internet connection.
Of course, as the Ministry of Labor has already clarified, the parents of young students will have the right, as in spring, to a special license and this was an issue that had worried the government, due to costs. It was reported that the issue of private schools was also discussed, which will also be closed.
However, it appears that Ms. Kerameos did not agree from the beginning with the closure of the elementary schools. It is indicative that: On Wednesday night, the government spokesman Stelios Petsas left open the possibility of suspending the operation of primary education. On Thursday morning, the Minister of Education denied it, saying there is no such suggestion and that after all schools are not hubs for over-transmission. On Thursday night, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias essentially announced the experts’ suggestion to close primary schools. Yesterday, Friday morning, the Deputy Minister, despite Prime Minister Akis Skertsos, did not rule it out, but postponed the relevant decisions for a week. Then Mr. Petsas spoke again about the suspension of the operation of the elementary schools and announced in advance that the relevant decisions would be taken the same day.
The alalum, however, continued since yesterday at noon it was leaked that the government was oriented to close the primary schools as of Monday and that after it was decided whether they would close only in northern Greece or throughout the country, the announcements would be made in the afternoon. The Health Ministry even announced that Ms. Kerameos would also participate in the briefing of the six by Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalia and Deputy Minister of Health Vassilis Kontozamanis. However, he did not participate and no announcements were made, as according to the information, the meeting of infectious disease specialists had not been completed.
It is obvious, of course, that in the end it was not infectious disease specialists who disagreed, but government officials. The committee’s proposal was unanimous for the closure of elementary schools across the country. How is this reconciled with ensuring that schools are not sources of excessive transmission? The goal of the closures and primary schools is not to prevent transmission through classrooms, but to reduce the mobility of parents and teachers. The government is also considering other measures to tighten the lockdown, such as reducing the permissible reasons for moving, that is, SMS codes to 13033. The traffic ban has been in effect since 9 a.m. yesterday, while supermarkets They will close before and specifically from 8:30 pm
In fact, everything shows that the lockdown will extend beyond November 30. First, the opening of gymnasiums and high schools will depend on the results of specific tests to be carried out on adolescent students next week, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in Parliament on Thursday.
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