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However, if the educator is not vaccinated or evaluated, the employer will have the right to suspend him from work, not pay him until the day he is controlled for illness, or transfer him to another job in the same workplace.
“Educators have the right to be vaccinated, but no legal act requires an obligation. In the ministry itself, we expect teachers to be smart, assess the situation and do it,” TomasM Chancellor Tomas Daukantas said at a conference on press on Thursday.
“What educators should do if they are not vaccinated should be screened for a contagious disease. Failure to do so imposes an obligation on the employer, if the employer has evidence that the educator has not been vaccinated and screened for communicable diseases, they are obligated to withdraw the person and not pay until they have been certified as sick and able to work.
According to him, said removal procedure is provided for in the Law for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases of Humans and applies not only in the specific case of a coronavirus pandemic, but also in the case of any contagious disease.
“It just came to our knowledge then. If a person decides not to be vaccinated, he has an obligation to be tested, if he does not get vaccinated and does not test for communicable diseases, then the employer has an obligation, the manager has the obligation to remove ”Said the Chancellor.
Teacher vaccination has started, but only in individual municipalities
Vaccination of COVID-19 staff in educational institutions was launched this week, but only in some municipalities.
“The vaccination of teachers has started only in individual municipalities. Teachers from all municipalities will be vaccinated next week, ”Julijanas Gališanskis, representative of the Ministry of Health (SAM), told BNS on Thursday.
“It is expected that in two weeks all preschool, preschool and primary education personnel who wish to do so will be vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine,” he added.
He promised to clarify later on Thursday in which municipalities teachers were vaccinated.
It is planned to vaccinate 30 thousand
According to the Ministry, 1.2 thousand have already been vaccinated. employees of preschool and preschool education institutions and 140 people working in primary education institutions.
According to SAM, not only teachers are vaccinated but also other employees of educational institutions who have contact with students.
It is planned to vaccinate a total of 30 thousand. pedagogical personnel, most of them work in preschool and preschool educational institutions – about 16,2 thousand, in general education institutions – about 6 thousand, in special schools – 1,3 thousand.
Other educators make up another 30 percent. staff, depending on the number of teachers.
Coronavirus vaccination at Kaunas clinics
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According to SAM, the vaccination of employees of educational institutions has already started, because by easing the quarantine conditions, educators will return to schools and resume contact work.
In accordance with the requirements established in the Operations Manual, educators who educate children of preschool and preschool age, as well as primary school teachers and teachers who work with children with special educational needs, are currently vaccinated on a priority basis. .
Currently, the ministry cannot provide the exact number of educators who are already vaccinated. According to the Ministry of Health, there are around 1200 of them in Lithuania.
To date, most teachers have been vaccinated in Kaunas, as well as in Druskininkai, Molėtai, Kelmė and Rokiškis districts.
According to data from the Ministry of Education and Science, there are about 30,000 educational employees vaccinated in order of priority. Most of these people work in preschool and preschool educational institutions – about 16.2 thousand, according to primary education programs – about 6 thousand, in special schools – 1.3 thousand. pedagogical staff.
Other educators make up another 30 percent. staff, depending on the number of teachers.
The general education schools employ a total of 27.2 thousand people. teachers. In total there are about 55 thousand. Pedagogical staff working in the preschool, preschool and general education system.
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