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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and Education Minister Jurgita Šiugždinienė emphasize that the main objective is to keep students in classrooms and classrooms “as long as possible”, so the teaching process will be subject to certain restrictions.
At least they are designed for beginners: they, unlike other pupils and students, will not be required to wear masks in class. They won’t be needed by everyone else just during PE lessons.
All students are encouraged to take periodic COVID-19 tests; they are not yet compulsory in schools.
Students of institutions of higher and professional education must have a passport, that is, be vaccinated, sick or be periodically examined. Those without them will only be able to study remotely.
Educational institutions must also regulate flows so that they do not mix: 100 students of a program are considered as a single flow, that is, for example, only primary school students, only basic education students, or all classes of the same level, like all eighth or seventh grade students.
Up to 30 children will be able to participate in clubs, informal indoor activities, but the number will not be limited if all are vaccinated, have immunity or are constantly tested.
The temperature of incoming students should also be measured.
As the situation worsens, the government has planned to switch to distance education through a separate decision, except for primary, preschool and preschool children: they would have contact education. In addition, graduates would study in person, regardless of the situation, starting in February. Periodic COVID-19 testing would be mandatory for students remaining in the classroom, they are no longer recommended.
“The criteria will probably be the number of beds, the number of cases, the number of deaths. They will be followed in making a decision in the Government, but it should be a separate decision, taking into account all the circumstances, using all the possible means ”, said the Minister of Education, Science and Sports on the eve of September 1.
Distance education was introduced in Lithuania during the first quarantine last spring, the children had returned to schools in September, but since December the situation with COVID-19 has worsened, they have switched back to distance education.
Gradually, students were allowed to return to class starting in March, but these recommendations were slowly implemented.
According to data from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, 324.9 thousand people will open the doors of general education schools this year. students, of which 28.3 thousand. first-timers and 22.1 thousand. graduates.
According to preliminary data, 29.4 thousand people will study in vocational training institutions. students. 104.8 thousand will study at universities and colleges. students, of which 18.8 thousand. freshmen.
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