Academic year … “Free Patriot” regrets “negligence”

The educational office of the Free Patriotic Movement indicated in a statement that “with the start of the workshop” preparing for the start of the 2020-2021 academic year, and in the face of the outbreak of the Crown epidemic, and in parallel to the bad economic situation, the educational office of the Free Patriotic Movement is surprised by how the Minister of Education in an interim government Business Tariq Al-Majzoub by setting a date for the opening of public schools and high schools without conscious and thoughtful planning to ensure the provision of logistical supplies that accompany and facilitate the safe return of students, since it turns out, day by day, that all this is based on promises that seem, “in principle”, empty, which put the principals of schools and secondary schools. educational staff, parents and students, in the confusion of moving into the unknown.

He called on Minister Al-Majzoub to “expedite the delivery of all health protection supplies to schools and secondary schools (thermometers, sterilizers, masks …) and not to charge the school and secondary school funds with this cost, especially since it is difficult, or even impossible, for a large part of them to obtain these supplies due to the high price “Accelerate Internet security for schools; a network that is extensive, with capacity for the Microsoft Teams application, which was adopted by the Ministry of Education as a basic platform for learning, and this cost is not charged to the funds of the school and high school because it is not an easy thing.

He also called for “accelerating the provision of laptops or tablets for students and teachers, to facilitate the process of distance learning and serious and conscious communication with the Ministry of Communications to develop Internet service in terms of speed to cover all regions. Lebanese and accelerate the establishment of workshops to train teachers in learning methods “From afar and to help students get out of the psychological pressure that surrounds them.”

The Directorate of Education regretted this failure to comply with these necessary requirements, and called the Minister of Education, instead of being distracted by discussions and waging personal battles that the State Council of Shura turned out to be illegal, asking him to fulfill his educational duties. so as not to interrupt the school year and start it properly and support the official and secondary schools that have worked. On the enrollment of students throughout the summer and did not know the rest, and with the delay in the preparation of private schools due to their accumulated neglect, accompanied by the semi-interruption of textbooks in public libraries, which was never compensated for the latest application that allows them to download the electronic version of the national textbook. Because downloading any book is very slow and requires a high network speed.

While noting the efforts made by the entire educational body, including administrators, teachers, and employees, the office emphasizes the need to start the school year, but not at the expense of student health, lest this contribute more to the spread of the epidemic, so what is required is a conscious direction of the efforts made and careful planning to get to safety together.