Vilnius still does not plan to open schools: it is considering only a few cases

“We distributed a letter to schools last week stating our position. Our position is that we do not plan to end the school year in any way earlier and end the school year earlier than usual.

We want education and other activities to take place as they should before the established dates. However, from June 1, we want to take advantage of the time to fill learning gaps, project activities, summarize distance learning and other activities, not necessarily in the after-school mode, “said Vytautas Mitalas, deputy mayor of Vilnius.

According to him, the municipality is very aware that both parents, children and teachers are tired.

“Teachers also need to prepare for the maturity screening session and we write that we continue to monitor the epidemiological situation. Due to the better psychological climate, we recommend doing some activities in schools at the end of the school year, especially for beginners, if the situation allows it. However, this will not be done with the principle of constant education every day, “said the deputy mayor.

Mr. Mital argued that preparations for the review session, which would begin in the second half of June, had already started and that he had clear recommendations.

“Not even the recommendations, but the decisions that regulate that, for example, there will be 9 children in the classroom within a radius of two meters from each other with various protective measures, etc. and it will take place at the end of June, and now that the Minister (Minister of Education, Science and Sports, Algirdas Monkevičius – Delfi past) says that we will be able to make decisions about education very quickly, so what will a full class child be like? Where will they have to be physically, who will have to supervise them and who will have to train them? He asked rhetorically.

According to the deputy mayor, the municipality of Vilnius is more imaginable than in the capital, to alleviate the challenge for parents and improve the psychological health of children, certain activities in schools may be carried out physically, in late May or June , but not all at the same time.

“We understand that the Minister probably said the statement about the training two weeks after hearing the parents’ fears, their wishes to return to the job market, and this is fully justified.” We also strive and appreciate that from this process, both parents and students have seen your surveys and are very tired of distance learning.

Many argue that the workload increased and he had to radically learn to work independently. Therefore, we believe that after completing the curricula, the remaining time could be devoted to filling gaps, projects, generalizations, and various activities that could be carried out at school, if the epidemiological situation allows it. “

Mital summarized that he was also monitoring the state’s emergency management decisions, to be presented on Wednesday.

“We will discuss this again with school leaders on Thursday.”