Decision of the Minister of Education on the start date of teaching and its organization … Here are the details

The Minister of Education and Higher Education of the interim government, Dr. Tariq Al-Majzoub, issued a decree with No. 381 / M / 2020 on the beginning of teaching in public and private schools and secondary schools and its organization in official schools and secondary schools for the academic year 2021/2020, as of 10/12/2020.

The decision read:

“The Minister of Education and Higher Education, based on Decree No. 6157 of 01/21/2020 (forming the government), based on Resolution No. 381 / M / 2020 of 08/24/2020, especially Article 3 thereof, after consulting each of my directorates Secondary and primary education, department of special education, counseling and guidance, management unit and monitoring of the comprehensive education program, based on the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee of Coronavirus Preventive Measures at its meeting held on 07/10/2020, especially the recommendation to start teaching through partial and progressive comprehensive education as of 10/12 2020,

At the proposal of the Director General of Education, the following is decided:

Article 1: Teaching begins in public and private schools and high schools and colleges that operate in the afternoon shift for non-Lebanese students for the academic year 2020 / 2021-2021, through partial and progressive comprehensive education.
Article Two: In private schools and high schools, a mixed learning scenario will be adopted that takes into account the specificity of each educational institution, respecting the principles of the health guide issued by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. It is also exceptionally approved in secondary schools and public schools to divide people into two groups in the first semester of the academic year 2021/2020, and pending the return to normal health conditions, each with 50% of the total number of students in the total class, with no more than 18 students in a group in a way that ensures the necessary social distancing, provided that the first group attends every day of the week and the second group the following week, so that the first group continue education remotely while the second group is in school and vice versa, and the high school administration is responsible for the distribution of students to the two groups adopting the alphabetical order of the student’s family, taking into account the state of students arriving by means of transport.

Article Three: In cases where the total number of students per class is less than 18 students, the class remains as a group if the classroom area takes into account social distancing and face-to-face teaching is adopted in the first week and in distance learning the following week, and the high school principal should Organize the teaching program and distribute the rotation among the class groups, in a way that helps ensure the number of teaching sessions for owners and contractors, and coordinates with the coordinators of the subjects, professors and teachers to ensure the balance in the realization of the educational program between the two groups. Weekly.
The school / high school principal will intend to make up the difference in the percentage of completion of the required curricula resulting from cases of forced closures and school and official holidays by rescheduling the instructional weeks in the presence of the two groups to ensure balance.

Article 4: The director of the secondary school / school organizes a list of the names of the students and the telephone numbers of their parents and specifies their place of residence in detail, and in the event that the Ministry of the Interior and Municipalities issues Decisions related to the closure of cities, towns or neighborhoods with a high-level daily injury rate, schools and secondary schools within their scope are closed For the entire period specified in the decision of the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities.
The principal, health advisor, and principals advise parents of students within the concerned neighborhood not to send their children to school, as long as these students are linked to the group that is taught remotely during the period of closure, and will be compensated later by interested teachers.
Students, members of the administrative and educational bodies and workers who reside in the scope of the localities, villages or neighborhoods covered by the closure decision issued by the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities are prohibited from traveling to their work centers outside the scope of your residence throughout the closing period, and it is up to the colleges and secondary schools to verify it with the available means, provided that the references in question will be notified of this in accordance with administrative principles, and measures will be taken to ensure the continuation of the flow of school / high school work.

Fifth Article: This decision is communicated to whoever is required.