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“The common vision is that we have to get back in touch with education. The Opportunity Passport is the starting point, it is necessary. However, its implementation and use raises questions, ”E. Valatka told BNS.
Earlier this month, the government decided that starting September 1, college education will only be available to those with passports, and all other students will have to study remotely.
According to E. Valatka, the Kaunas University of Technology under his leadership, when registering students for conferences, will ask them to present passports of opportunity; only those students will be admitted to the auditoriums.
“Some universities also plan to do it,” said the rector.
According to him, universities are not considering hiring additional staff to monitor students who attend conferences: “This is an additional cost.”
Vilnius University (VU) also intends to use information technology solutions, but does not disclose details yet, as the system is currently being tested.
“We are finishing testing the system. You do not want to go into technical details without testing. But we will inform the students and the community in the near future how this will be done. It will definitely not be someone checking at the entrance,” explained the vice chancellor of Vūras, Artūras Vasiliauskas, to BNS.
Nerijus Varnas, president of the Lithuanian Conference of University Directors, stated that universities are also preparing for change.
“It is not easy, there is little time left, but we are really preparing and planning to apply to university. There are vastly different universities in terms of size and location, and control decisions will largely depend on that. As far as I know, both IT solutions are planned and we are simply preparing to scan opportunity passports and verify personal documents with tablets, ”said N. Varna at BNS.
“There is no one-size-fits-all solution, as it largely depends on the university itself,” he added.
E. Valatka, president of the Conference of Rectors, emphasized that all higher education institutions in the country must apply the same control mechanism to minimize misunderstandings.
“We have to live by the same rules, because there may be some misunderstandings between the students, between the staff,” said the rector.
Thus, he said that currently universities do not know what proportion of students who return to master classes are immunized. Having such information would allow planning the course of the educational process and anticipating the need for vaccination sites close to higher education institutions.
“We are awaiting information from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports on the degree of immunization among students. At this time, I cannot say what percentage of all students are vaccinated or sick. Those numbers are necessary, “said E. Valatka.
According to the president of the Conference of Rectors, these issues are scheduled to be discussed next week with the Rectors, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports and the Ministry of Health.
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