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The school year begins in Catalonia with total presence and with relaxation of measures against the covid


  • The 2021-2022 academic year will have 2,173 fewer students than the previous year, a total of 1,561,627 enrolled students


  • The most outstanding measure is that students with the complete vaccination schedule will not have to confine themselves in the case of positive in the classroom


  • The students will be able to remove the mask if they do not mix with those of other bubble groups, so it will be possible to create delimited spaces in the patios that allow it by space

Therefore, vaccination plays an essential role during the 2021-2022 academic year. For now 57.4% of young people between 12 and 19 years old already have the complete pattern and will be exempt from quarantine. A course that will feature 2,173 fewer students compared to the previous year, with 1,561,627 enrolled students, and offering 4,479 new vocational training places (FP) given the high demand experienced this summer.

On the return to the classrooms this Monday, the Minister of Education of the Generalitat, Josep Gonzàlez-Cambray, see it “with much less uncertainty than the previous year and with maximum prudence, security and face-to-face“and with a high rate, he says, of students vaccinated against the coronavirus.

More personal

Despite the decline in students, which “follows the demographic trend of recent years, according to Cambray, the Government has decided to maintain the increase of 8,200 professionals that was raised last year as a reinforcement due to the pandemic.

What’s more 1,200 more are hired, of which 894 are teachers, 112 educational care personnel, 13 administration and service personnel, 98.5 inclusive school professionals and 101, teachers of support units.

Another of the highlights of the new school year is the bet on the deployment of the digital plan. The forecast is that by the end of 2022 all teachers and students, from fifth grade on, have digital devices. In this line, Education foresees that the distribution in students of first and second of ESO will not take place until the end of the year.

The bubble groups will be mixed “as has always been done, keeping their distance, with hand hygiene and use of a mask”

Measurements in classrooms

Another of the key points of the new school campaign is the return from extracurricular activities, where the bubble groups will be mixed “as has always been done, and keeping their distance, with hand hygiene and use of a mask,” they explain from Education.

Vaccinate high school students with a low vaccination rate

Minister Cambray explained that They plan to vaccinate students in educational centers in neighborhoods and areas with low vaccination rates to reinforce immunity During the 2021-2022 academic year, which will begin this Monday: “It is not ruled out at all, surely we will.”

A strategy that could be promoted before the end of September with the aim of serving the most vulnerable familiesAlthough it is a procedure that is being studied and it is yet to be determined whether it will be done in the same classrooms or at a vaccination point near the educational center.

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