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Faten Hajj wrote in “Al-Akhbar”: The return to the coeducation plan, starting next Monday, caused a storm among public education teachers who stand amidst the fatigue for two weeks caused by distance education that does not has minimal resilience from the internet, computers, electricity, platforms and digital resources, and anxiety. On the health situation in urban education, amid the continuing high number of coronavirus infections and the lack of confidence in preventive measures in classrooms and transportation. Teachers ask if they will be excluded from the single and double decision, and if they should remain locked in silence, make “random decisions and circulars and put them into practice without any objection and be content with anger behind screens, communication sites and the audio recordings in protest of the violated rights, or is it time for them to take to the streets “? .
The decision to return to mixed education is issued today, after intense meetings during the approach to unblock the general closure in the different sectors, in which each sector was asked to make its proposals to decide on them to reopen the country . The two main points that the Ministry of Education raised in the meetings were about the impossibility of returning due to the continued effect of the single and double decision, and the reflection of the commitment to the red zones in the education sector. It seemed that there was an insistence on returning to coeducation if the country was decided to open, according to Counseling and Guidance Director Hilda Khoury, who spoke about the development of the operating room and conducting training courses for managers and health officials in these two weeks, and the creation of an electronic program connected to the Ministries of the Interior and Health to announce injuries and results. Visits to schools. A scientific report of the cases registered in schools and colleges will be issued soon.
Yesterday a meeting was held at the Ministry of Education headed by Minister Tariq Al-Majzoub, with the participation of the Director General of Education, Fadi Yaraq, the Director of Guidance, the Director of Secondary Education and representatives of the two teacher associations of formal and basic education.
The focus was on keeping up with the Red Cross on preventive measures, adopting the response form and reporting any Corona case that may occur, so that cases can be tracked and contacts identified through an electronic application linked to the operating room. of the ministry. The meeting also discussed the obstacles to distance education, while the associations reported that UNICEF will commit to printing official textbooks that will be in the hands of teachers and students within a maximum period of two months..
As for the Committees of the Union of Parents and Guardians in Private Schools, it supports, according to its president, Lama Zain Al-Tawil, a safe return related to a clear plan to which all ministries adhere, especially those of education, health , communications and interior so that the school year is not lost, and “it is what we have practically not touched yet”.
Source: News
