More than 170,000 pupils and students dropped out of school against Covid-19



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HCMCMore than 8,200 students from kindergarten to high school, 160,000 students, more than 6,000 teachers and professors … have to take leave to prevent Covid-19.

The information was said by Mr. Le Hong Son, Director of the Department of Education and Training, at the meeting of the Steering Committee against Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City, on the afternoon of December 3.

In block Common8 schools, from kindergarten to high school, provide a break for all students; 195 schools dropped some classes. In addition to the students, 663 teachers also had to stop working.

Vo Van Tan Elementary School, District 6, was closed on the afternoon of December 3.  Photo: Manh Tung.

Vo Van Tan Elementary School, District 6, closed the afternoon of December 3. Image: Manh Tung.

In District 6, more than 2,000 elementary students from Vo Van Tan and Nguyen Hue had to leave school as of December 2 because 4 teachers had been in contact with “1,347 patients. Currently, all 4 teachers test negative one once for nCoV.

Over 1,000 students from Binh Tien and Le Van Tam primary schools also dropped out of school as of today (December 3) because there was a computer science teacher who had contact with “patient 1349”.

Tran Quang Khai High School, District 11, forced more than 2,000 students to leave on the afternoon of November 2 because a student was in close contact with “patient 1349”. At Hong Bang Secondary School, 4th grade 6th grade with more than 150 students had to take leave at the same time because some students were F1.

In universities and colleges, according to statistics as of this afternoon, some 160,000 students and 5,700 teachers have to resign. Currently, 12 universities have “closed”, many schools have students or teachers of F1 class, related to cases of Covid-19, among them: Education, Technology (Hutech), Natural Sciences, International, Foreign languages: computing, finance: marketing , banking, economics, Van Hien, Ton Duc Thang.

All school exams, extracurricular activities, and sports must be stopped; students, students switch to online learning.

Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, instructed the Department of Education and Training to coordinate with the Department of Health, the Center for Disease Control, and the district People’s Committees to agree on the timing of vacations for students from related schools. patients. This movement is similar to universities and colleges. “Don’t take a break from time to time, it’s very difficult for parents, especially at the elementary level. They must agree to take a whole week or for how long, ”Mr. Phong said.

The director of the Department of Education and Training, Le Hong Son, reported at the meeting of the Steering Committee for the Prevention of Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of December 3.  Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Press Center.

The director of the Department of Education and Training, Le Hong Son, reported at the meeting of the Steering Committee against Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of December 3. Image: Ho Chi Minh City Press Center.

Ho Chi Minh City currently has 1.74 million students, nearly 100,000 teachers, staff from preschool to high school, continuing education in 2,340 schools. In the university sector, the city has more than 50 schools with more than 600,000 students; universities and high schools have more than 135,000 students.

Faced with the complicated development of the epidemic, yesterday, the Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha asked the departments of education, universities and colleges to take serious measures against Covid-19. Schools should limit gatherings in crowded places; Implementation of the 5K message: masks, disinfection, distance, inattention, medical statement.

Mr. Nha also asked the schools to ensure facilities, medical equipment, environmental sanitation on campus, and to keep implementing classroom cleaning and disinfection in accordance with regulations.

After 120 days no case of Covid-19 was reported, in 4 days from November 28 to December 1, HCMC registered 4 new cases. The case is identified as the male flight attendant of Vietnam Airlines – “Patient 1342”, seriously violated the provisions of the separate quarantine area of ​​Vietnam Airlines, then continued to violate the quarantine regulations when he was released. home.

“Patient 1347” is a teacher from the English Language Center, infected with nCoV when he came to stay with the male flight attendant in Tan Binh district, during his isolation. The English teacher then caused two cases in District 6 to become infected with Covid-19, a one-year-old boy – “patient 1348” and a 28-year-old student at Key English Center – “patient 1349.”

On the morning of December 3, Ho Chi Minh City did not register any more Covid-19 patients, apart from the four cases announced in the previous two days. Currently, the Center for Disease Control has sampled more than 2,200 people, examined 1,632 people, 612 people are waiting for the results.

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