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On Wednesday, the government decided to allow distance education in schools starting Thursday for those students who do not have the conditions to learn from home.
“Starting with the teacher, the classroom teacher, the Child Welfare Commission will play a key role in deciding whether one or the other child needs the help they need, or just help at home, have an internet connection and maybe invite the child to school and join distance education in a safe environment, “said the minister after the government meeting.
According to J.Šiugždinienė, the municipalities will be in charge of transporting the students to the schools.
The minister recalled that some students still study at a distance in schools: these are children whose parents do not have the opportunity to work from home and at the same time take care of their children, such as doctors, medical children.
J.Šiugždinienė emphasized that those who will return to schools will not participate in the lessons, but will study at a distance as they would at home.
According to the minister, such a decision should not have come as a surprise to school leaders or municipalities, as the decision was coordinated with them for some time.
“It was already known in December that this decision was pending,” he emphasized.
When asked what free school meals would be like if they had to be provided for, for example, two children, J. Šiugždinienė said that schools are still organizing this process well.
“Currently this is happening, for many students, families receive food in a package, it is not served in the cafeteria. Municipalities control how free meals are provided, and this is happening today, ”said the politician.
His ministry announced Wednesday a package of relief measures to compensate for learning losses during the pandemic. 7.5 million are earmarked for this. euros.
Part of the funds will be used for computers and Internet connection.
“Today we know of a fairly precise number of children’s computers that are lacking in technology. That doesn’t mean they don’t have them at all, but some use low-quality phones or tablets,” he said.
The rest of the money will go towards distance counseling and individual lessons in schools.
On Wednesday, he declined to consider when students could return to schools for non-distance learning. This, according to politicians, will depend on the epidemiological situation.
He stressed that the board of experts will talk about it.
“It will depend on the extent of testing and vaccination. But yes, we have plans, we are considering them so that we are not unexpectedly in a situation where we can return some groups to schools, we want to be prepared for that,” he said.
The previous government was not properly prepared to provide remote assistance to children in case of quarantine, he said.
“It was not prepared for such a situation, an action plan was not prepared to help students and funds were not provided for the acquisition of new technologies or additional consultations and lessons. We have prepared it and today I have confirmed it by my request”, said.
38 percent households consist of one person
On Wednesday, the cabinet launched so-called social bubbles, where single people maintain contact with a family.
Ramunė Kalėdienė, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, said on Wednesday after the Government meeting that we now find ourselves in a difficult scenario: the number of cases is 100,000. the population exceeds 500 in 14 days.
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He stressed that each release of contacts contributes to the spread of the disease, which is why social bubbles pose the following risks:
“But we have to take into account a particularly important aspect of health, which is psychological human health, which is no less important than physical.”
He hoped that people would remain conscious and have no other contacts outside of the social bubble; such contacts are prohibited by a government decision.
“I would not say that there are few people, because, according to the statistics of the Department of Statistics, in Lithuania about 38 percent. households are made up of one person, ”he wondered why the so-called legalized social bubbles are so small and if they could be bigger in the future, said R. Kalėdienė.
Close contact between two families and / or two homes is allowed on Wednesday, as long as there is no more than one adult and / or their minor children (adopted, adoptive) or a person in need of constant care and attention in one of them.
Social bubbles are allowed to form in more than one municipality, which means that people can move between municipalities.
According to R. Kalėdienė, not only the elderly live in Lithuania, it is a problem that covers all age groups.
“These households are usually made up of a person or an adult with minor children or under guardianship, or households with a disabled person,” he said.
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