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On Friday, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports announced the requirements that must be met by nurseries that will open on May 18. The press release stated that additional education should continue at home if the child suffers from a chronic illness for which a certificate of inability to work is issued during an emergency or quarantine period, or if the child lives with people at risk. .
It is also said that educators who are vulnerable (elderly, with health problems or if family members have had or have had COVID-19) should not be invited to work in groups. They may continue to pursue distance learning.
Photo by Saulius Žiūra / Kindergarten.
Seniors: a fifth of the employees
However, this can become a problem for at least some preschool institutions, whose staff are usually larger. According to Vilna Deputy Mayor Edita Tamošiūnaitė, about a fifth of kindergarten employees are older. So if about a third of the children get together (the kindergartens who have surveyed their communities speak of such a need), then manual labor will suffice without superior colleagues. But if after a few weeks there are many smaller ones, it will be more difficult to get away with it.
Last week, we asked families what the need would be, that is, about a third of the parents, about 10,000. children – they want to come now, – said E. Tamošiūnaitė.
The kindergartens in Vilnius were not completely closed. “We have had a certain amount of work since the beginning of the quarantine, when we looked after the children of doctors, later, the children of both working parents. There were 564 children in kindergartens in Vilnius this Monday. Last week, We asked families what the need would be, that is, about a third of the parents, about 10,000 children – they already want to visit them, “said E. Tamošiūnaitė.
According to the deputy mayor, the recommendations are expected to be updated after the government resolution on Wednesday.
“There are several criteria that can change: whether it will be necessary for groups to have up to ten children is an important criterion. Analyzing the data, I see that that week of May 18. We can ensure this, but as of May 25, when the majority return to work, older children will go to school, we will not be able to ensure this in groups of this number of children, because the groups in our kindergartens are large.
Another important point is the age of the employees and who belongs to the risk group. At the moment, I asked managers and it is recommended to organize work schedules so that younger employees work in institutions and those belonging to the risk group work with children remotely, ”said E. Tamošiūnaitė.
Other instructions will probably be maintained, according to the deputy mayor, but the institutions will be able to guarantee them: that children from different groups do not come into contact, that children are not both indoors and outdoors. There should be no shortage of disinfectants.
Photo by Valdo Kopūstas / 15min / Edita Tamošiūnaitė
Children’s health will also be monitored more closely: Children with depression and cough will have to stay home, even though it may be a spring allergy or just a mild cold. Your temperature will also be measured.
Researched kindergarten staff
Over the weekend, kindergarten employees in Vilnius underwent prophylactic testing for COVID-19. According to E. Tamošiūnaitė, it was only confirmed on Friday night that these employees will have the opportunity to perform the test, but as a decision was expected, testing already started over the weekend.
More than a thousand reviewed, those who obtained the results, although not all have them yet, were all negative.
“More than a thousand reviewed, those who obtained the results, although not all have yet, were all negative. This weekend, this weekend, will probably be another opportunity for employees to explore, this is an important aspect. If we have to work at full capacity, I think it may be possible to survey employees, at least older people who belong to the risk group, every week, “said the deputy mayor.
She admits that older workers are also likely to have to return to work, but perhaps not since May 18, but since 25. In terms of age, about a fifth of kindergarten employees belong to the group. risk, because, as the deputy mayor emphasized, people at the age of 60 belong to the risk group, which means that they are not yet retired.
“It will depend on how many children will come and how we will live this week. When we started accepting children from both working parents, the need was immediately for 600 seats, but as of April 27. Only about 200 children came, even now there are not 600 children. Maybe with those 10 thousand. It may be similar, maybe we will get less. But we are preparing for the maximum number, “said E. Tamošiūnaitė.
Photo by Saulius Žiūra / Kindergarten.
This year, Vilnius Kindergartens will be open all summer and all groups will be active. Employees spent part of their vacation during quarantine, meaning less vacation in the summer.
The challenges for private institutions are different.
All children are already being prepared for admission by private institutions. They face fewer challenges due to staff size or older groups, but the educational process needs to be reconsidered: institutions are abandoning outside teachers, so kindergarten teachers will have to use their creativity.
Rūta Bagdonavičienė and Laura Imbrasienė, founders of Kindergarten Wind 15min He said that in early May, there were many parents who doubted the children’s return to their kindergartens, and now there is almost no. It is even around 90 percent. parents will bring their children to institutions next week.
The latter establishes the procedure to work in the new conditions. Due to age, only one in 20 employees belongs to the risk group, so they will not return to work yet. The average age of others, according to R. Bagdonavičienė, is 30 to 33 years. However, attention should be paid to other areas, such as the separation of groups of children.
Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15min / Laura Imbrasienė
“We will observe the flows a lot for the children to work locally in their groups, not all of us will use the facilities in the room together. We will not change, as before, when educational activities were carried out: music, sports, fine motor classes in classrooms where children change over time, in this case we will go to work in groups. Perhaps even the dining room is not used by one group after another, the hostesses will be able to bring the food to the groups.
Groups will also travel to the field separately, there will be no joint sports activities or relays. The family celebration scheduled for this week has also been moved to the virtual space. Our two kindergartens in Antakalnis and Baltupiai are close to the forest, so we will go there, ”said L. Imbrasienė of the changes in work planning under quarantine conditions.
It is planned to disinfect facilities more frequently and to clean the air with special Finnish devices.
All children can return to kindergarten starting May 18. Since the beginning of the quarantine, medical children have been admitted to Vilnius preschool institutions, and in recent weeks also to children of parents from other professional groups, if both parents work and cannot do it remotely from home. .
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