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During the press conference, Minister J. Šiugždinienė stated that currently the vaccination of teachers working in pre-school educational institutions, as well as in primary schools, is planned in order of priority.
“We hope that this priority group will be vaccinated as soon as we have the vaccines,” J. Šiugždinienė told reporters.
According to the president’s boss. Jolanta Karpavičienė, Advisor on Education, Science, Culture and Sports Policy, also stated that graduates were also mentioned as a possible priority group for vaccination.
“The renewal of contact education should consist of ensuring the safety of teachers through testing and vaccination. {…}
After assessing the epidemiological situation, there will be a gradual return to contact education and consequently the order of priority for the vaccination of teachers must be considered in parallel, ”said J. Karpavičienė.
The meeting also discussed how to make up for gaps in student education experienced during quarantine, plans to renew contact education, ensure a safe teaching process (when students return to school), conduct state testing, and changes in the study system. The implementation of the National Education Agreement was also discussed.
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