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“I am very happy that more and more primary school children are going back to school. I hope that this pilot preventive study will help to assess the risks and expand the possibility for municipalities to participate in the educational process for beginners, ”said Jurgita Šiugždinienė, Minister of Education, Science and Sports.
The SAM project proposed to enable the renewal of contact primary education in Akmenė district, Alytus city, Birštonas, Biržai district, Kaunas city, Kazlų Rūda, Klaipėda city, Klaipėda district, the Kretinga district, Marijampolė, Mažeikiai district, Pakruojis district, Palanga district, Panevėžys district, Radviliškis district, Raseiniai district, Rietavas district, Šakiai district, Šalčininkai district, Šiauliai district from Širvintos, Švenčionys district, Vilkaviškis district and municipalities of Vilnius district.
According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, a total of 59 schools in the country have expressed their wish that primary school students return to classes on Tuesday night. Among them – seven Šakiai district institutions, five – Raseiniai district institutions, four – in Kaunas city, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai districts, Pakruojis districts, three – in Klaipėda city, Kretinga, Švenčionys districts, municipalities of Rietavas.
It is indicated that from 2021, February 22 to 2021 March 31 Primary education is provided on a mixed basis, with periodic pilot tests of primary school students and contact personnel for the diagnosis of COVID-19 (coronavirus infection) and safety distance and other conditions necessary for public health, safety, hygiene, provision of necessary personnel. protective equipment.
In this case, the tests are carried out cumulatively, thus examining the entire family farm.
In the case of pooled trials, samples will be collected from up to five people in a tube. If the group’s response is positive, the people whose samples were in the group are contacted and retested using a PCR test.
According to Prime Minister I. Šimonytė, for the moment, the tests will be carried out only by the cumulative method and will also be aimed at educating teachers who have not yet been vaccinated.
Municipalities feel prepared
Pilot projects were offered to both the capital and other municipalities last week.
“The test is not over yet, there will be another test at the end of this week, when we can really say that we have all the information on these two weeks. So far, from what we have, the experiment appears to have paid off and the Vilnius City Municipality is ready to expand to include more educational institutions.
Vilnius Municipality is also committed to teaching and sharing experiences with other municipalities. To do this, this week there will be a meeting with the mayors and it will be offered to other municipalities to carry out similar tests in their municipalities ”, said I. Šimonytė.
In turn, the news portal lrytas.lt Representatives of the municipalities interviewed assured that they were prepared for such an educational process and that, according to them, they could ensure the accumulation of evidence.
“If such a pilot project were possible as it is now in Vilnius, I think there would be a lot of people who would like to participate in it, because the students really want to learn and the teachers want to teach. Therefore, the initiative is not an obstacle, ”said Darius Aštrauskas, Head of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the Šakiai District Municipality.
The government’s quarantine mitigation plan states that all beginners could return to school when the number of new COVID-19 cases reaches 100,000. the population will not exceed 200 in two weeks and the proportion of positive tests will be less than 10 percent. Graduates could return to class when the rate falls below 150 new cases, with a positive test rate of less than 4 percent.
