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The extremely unfavorable epidemiological situation sent high school students and stretch marks to online classes, and the crisis staff extended and postponed the winter break. The crown, of course, is responsible for that, but it is still not the main reason. This is exactly why it was done.
That is, in the last session, the Crisis Staff was dedicated to schools at all levels, since the situation began to seriously complicate in institutions throughout our country.
– We have made the decision that school holidays begin on December 21 and last until January 18. It is a bit longer than before, but we will make sure that all educational levels are included in every vacation, and that all students and pupils are at home as much as possible, he stated and confirmed what Blic learned.
Why was the holiday postponed? What led crisis staff members to see this as the best solution? Epidemiologist Predrag Kon answered those questions for “Blic.” He explained what was the main reason for the move.
Prevent flu and corona from matching
– The reason for postponing the holidays is more because of the next flu epidemic than because of the corona. We wanted to avoid the coincidence of these two viruses – said Kon.
And we all remember the apocalyptic predictions in case these two dangerous viruses merge, and in this situation when the corona numbers in our country are growing abnormally.
In addition to the respiratory infection season, the “season of glory” follows. Living for months with a coronary virus pandemic has taught us that high concentrations often mean a high risk of transmission of the infection. For this reason, among other things, it was decided to remove the children from the school staff earlier than in previous years.
The number of flu patients has been increasing since San Nicolás
– Especially after celebrating the feast of Saint Nicholas, we have always had an increase in the number of people suffering from the flu – said the epidemiologist Predrag Kon, from whose words you can clearly guess what could happen with the disease due to the corona virus .
This is not the first year that postponement of vacations due to the influenza epidemic has been intensively considered.
A few years ago, there was a serious debate that the holiday should be moved permanently to the date that is now set: December 21. Then, as now, the reason is the same: the fear that the flu will decimate the departments.
Other measures have been proposed for a long time
As for other measures, the Crisis Staff decided yesterday to move a large part of the teaching online.
Students in upper primary and secondary grades will be in online classes until December 21, when, as we said, according to the new decision of the Crisis Staff, the winter break begins throughout the territory of Serbia.
Regarding the younger grades of primary schools, no changes are foreseen, that is, everything remains the same as before.
Why the transition to online teaching took place only now was another question for the epidemiologist.
In one week, more than 400 Belgrade teachers were infected
– We proposed these measures long before, now there has been an increase that is clearly visible. In just one week, we have more than 400 infected teachers and professors in the capital. In just 10 cases, the infection still occurred in the school setting, but the increase in the number is clearly visible and the goal is to stop it, says Kon.
He points out that the decision not to transfer lower grades to work from home is very realistic, as, as he points out, it has been found that not many people are infected in these areas, as well as in kindergartens.
– Apart from the fact that there are not many angry children, they themselves are not very important transmitters, which is why we do not transfer these children to online mode – concludes Kon.
The epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorovic agreed with him in a statement for “Blic.”
– Children should not use the bus then, especially in big cities, because it has an effect on the school. Regarding the psychological aspect, it is important that the little ones are in that social environment to communicate and work with them. As for teachers, our recommendation is that they also attend online classes, but they have the autonomy to choose how they will act. We have moved the holidays and include all the holidays, so we hope that parents influence children so that they do not sit in cafes and generally reduce contact, which is the goal – concluded Tiodorović for our article.
How the grades will be concluded
Many dilemmas remain for parents, including how grades will be finalized. The answer to that question was only partially provided by Dr. Branislav Tiodorović, after Wednesday’s crisis staff session.
– The educators are in a difficult situation, they will be able to contact the children who want and who need to improve their grades to come and improve their grades – he said.
He stressed that schools should not be closed.
– There is a big difference, schools are not closing, they are only switching to the Internet – our expert pointed out.
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