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Malmö City Secondary School Principal Lars Rehnberg is not surprised by the news of a new secondary school closure from Monday. Now he wonders what happens after the Christmas holidays.
– It is important that the Swedish Public Health Agency announces in time whether the recommendation should be expanded, he says.
Lars Rehnberg is director of adult education and upper secondary school for the city of Malmö.
This spring, all upper secondary schools in Sweden quickly switched to distance or distance education.
After the summer holidays, everything started as usual. Since the autumn break, Malmö’s municipal upper secondary schools have switched back to distance education for around 25 percent.
At lunch time On Thursday the news came that most of the high school teaching from Monday will be done again with the students left at home.
– I’m not particularly surprised. This is in line with other decisions and recommendations that have emerged in recent weeks, Malmö’s director of adult and secondary education Lars Rehnberg tells Sydsvenskan.
He announces that Malmö’s twelve municipal upper secondary schools will certainly follow the recommendation. In these schools there are about 6,500 students, who on Friday have to empty the lockers and take home all the important school supplies.
At the same time, Rehnberg is pleased that the shutdown starting Monday is not as extensive as it was this spring.
On Friday, the lockers in Malmö upper secondary schools will be emptied. Starting Monday, students can continue teaching from home, through computers.
The recommendation of the Swedish Public Health Agency states that introductory programs are excluded, as are students from other programs who are at risk of being hit hard by, for example, overcrowding or social unrest.
There are also other exceptions, for example in relation to national tests or practical elements that cannot be postponed.
Won’t you close as much as last spring?
– No. It is still quite a large volume for which exceptions are made. It is important, with the experience of this spring.
Do you have time to switch to Monday?
– This spring we had a day to ourselves. We now have three days and some distance education is already taking place. I think that many directors and teachers have been quite in tune with this.
Don’t you think many will be disappointed?
– Obvious. We know that the quality of face-to-face teaching can never be fully compensated in distance or distance learning,
How do you see the risk that some high school students perceive this as an earlier and more extended Christmas party?
– Being of high school age is actually about to become an adult. There is an expectation throughout society that those who go to upper secondary school will get involved and take responsibility for the situation. It is part of growth.
Do you think high schools can reopen as usual after Christmas break?
– You have to leave it a bit uncertain. Therein lies a challenge. It is clear that it will be important that during this period we receive clarity from the Swedish Public Health Agency in due course.
