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“With the government allowing schools to open their doors, municipalities and schools have a very important role to play in deciding how to end a school year. I think we should take this opportunity to go back to the schools that are ready for this and see how we managed to combine distance learning with contact teaching, as the situation in autumn can be the same as in June. Such experience will also be very useful at the national level in preparation for the next school year. We have provided some recommendations to the schools, others will be coordinated. I note that returning to contact training is not an obligation. Schools are very different, both in size and age of employees, so we must weigh the risks, the opportunities and in no way risk the safety of children and employees, “says Algirdas Monkevičius, Minister of Education, Science and Sports.
According to a survey of Lithuanian municipalities, most municipalities and schools would tend to end this school year remotely, and are still undecided. Vytautas Mitalas, deputy mayor of the Vilnius city municipality, who participated in the video conference, thanked the Ministry for the freedom to decide on the end of the school year and reported that the schools in the capital were recommended to organize project activities, consultations, physical activity, etc. in June. As the deputy mayor said, upon returning to school, students should not get used to the routine of the lesson again, but could possibly go to school once or twice a week because children also long for direct communication. Classes and the end of the school year for individual groups may take place on the school grounds, outdoors.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports recalls that the Order of the Minister approved recommendations on how the educational process could be organized in ways other than the lesson, project work, research, experience, cognitive activities and other activities aimed at perform tasks in small groups. decisions must be made, the general result of the work must be presented. For example, it is possible to organize activities in museums, educational trips to parks, protected areas of nature, race days, business conferences, ethnic cultural activities, individual or group consultations of specialists in educational support, preventive activities, etc.
Starting next week, non-formal education for children will be possible in the usual way, and recommendations will be presented on the organization of non-formal education activities for children. According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, 62% of non-formal education programs. As there will be no Student Song Festival, other events, savings, it is 2.5 million. they will be assigned to summer camps and educational programs. What is new is that these funds, which will be distributed to the municipalities, will be available not only in the summer, but also until the end of the calendar year.
During a video conference, representatives of the Ministry of Health reported that all security requirements also apply to employees of educational institutions. The main requirement, in addition to disinfection, room ventilation, etc., is the isolation of different groups so that children have the least possible contact and mixing between them. For preschool and preschool educators, there are about 17,000 of them, preventive testing for COVID-19 is not mandatory. Nor can the staff of educational establishments be required to certify that they suffer from certain diseases and are therefore at risk. The employee may provide such information voluntarily. At the request of the municipalities, the provision that employees 60 years of age and older may not work in preschool and preschool institutions is also revoked. Now it is only a recommendation if workers of this age can come to work is decided individually.
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