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The lack of teachers, an aging teaching class and the impediment of the same teachers belonging to risk groups in covid-19, which FENPROF recently estimated at 12 thousand, being able to exercise their functions in teleworking makes the information advanced today by the Ministry of Education (ME) a surprise.
According to, “According to the General Directorate of School Administration (DGAE), since the beginning of the month there have been 250 substitution requests with a medical declaration under the exceptional protection regime, according to DL No. 10-A / 2020 “.
A residual number, in the opinion of Filinto Lima, president of the National Association of Directors of Public Groups and Schools, who adds that “these substitutions will be made easily.”, through hiring reservations.
A number that stems from the lack of protection of the teachers from the guardianship, in the opinion of Mário Nogueira, director of FENPROF, for whom this small number has a simple explanation.
“Most of the teachers are not delivering statements because what comes from the ministry and the schools is that whoever is at risk has to issue a certificate and not a statement; nor approve a statement claiming to be awaiting guidance on this mattersays the union leader, who says that schools are asking teachers to wait, given the lack of guidance from the Ministry of Education, acknowledging that contradictory statements come out of it.
“Even many of those who intend to file are still waiting to find out what they can do, and some of those who want to file are worried and reluctant to lose their wages after thirty days. risk to the location of the risk, which, by the way, is not surprising for those who do not even respect the established sanitary and safety regulations. If the increased risk generates serious problems for teachers who have not been duly protected, FENPROF reiterates that it will hold the Ministry of Education responsible, ”says Mário Nogueira, repeating the warning he had already made in July.
According to a statement from the Union of Independent Doctors, to which the DN had access, it questioned the Ministry of Education about whether it wanted doctors to issue false dismissals to teachers who belong to groups at risk..
“The Minister of Education said that teachers considered at risk can, by decision of doctors, have a medical license or a medical statement, which implies that teachers considered at risk can, for that reason alone, be entitled to leave. SIM has already explained to the minister that Membership in a risk group is not a condition for issuing a Certificate of Temporary Incapacity for Work, commonly known as a medical license. Cancellation in these situations would correspond to a false cancellation or a fraudulent cancellation “, reads the statement of September 15, from the Union of Independent Doctors, which has a different interpretation of article 25-A of Decree-Law No. 10-A / 2020, added by Decree Law No. 20/2020, for workers considered at risk who cannot carry out their activity in the form of teleworking.
According to SIM, “The medical declaration under an exceptional protection regime for immunosuppressed and chronically ill patients is the appropriate instrument for teachers considered at risk, as it is for any other worker in the public or private sector, Allowing them to justify absences without a time limit.”, Reads the statement, which returns the resolution of the remuneration issue to the Ministry of Education. “The resolution of the problem of the 30-day period for compensation is not the responsibility of the doctors, much less being able to imply that the use of sick leave will be an instrument to solve it. For all this, SIM has appealed today to the Minister of Education to correct the information transmitted, under the risk that doctors are forced to issue false medical losses.
The medical declaration provided for in Decree-Law No. 10-A / 2020 covers immunosuppressed patients and those suffering from a chronic disease that, according to the guidelines of the health authority, should be considered at risk. namely, hypertensive, diabetic, cardiovascular patients, patients with chronic respiratory diseases, cancer patients and patients with kidney failure, that they can justify the absence from work as long as they cannot carry out their activity remotely or through other forms of provision of activities (such as teachers). The medical statement must attest to the worker’s state of health that justifies his special protection.
