Prague The new school year will start for all pupils on September 1 in schools. However, stricter hygiene rules will be observed during regular classes. Any measures against coronavirus will follow the so-called traffic lights for areas with different risk of infection.
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The head of the Ministry of Education, Robert Plaga (YES), told reporters after Tuesday’s meeting with the Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch (for YES).
According to Plaga, all pupils enter schools. “There are no plans in any of the scenarios for the classes to be divided, and on September 1, all the pupils will return to school in the standard classes,” Plaga said. “We want schools to function as normally as possible,” Vojtech told reporters. According to him, it is not appropriate to postpone the beginning of the school year or to say who will go to school and who will not.
Recommendations to adhere to stricter hygiene rules will continue to apply, similar to the spring. According to the Minister, for example, schools should pay attention to increased hand disinfection or more frequent ventilation. According to the minister, manuals with recommendations for the functioning of schools will be available in the week from 17 August, so that schools can prepare for the beginning of the school year. Recommendations should also apply to outdoor schools, the operation of clubs or clubs.
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The wearing of veils will be governed by the decision of hygienists in individual regions or throughout the Czech Republic. “If during the autumn there is an obligation to wear veils throughout Czech society, then of course Czech schools will not be an exception,” he said. Otherwise, according to him, this obligation should coincide with the recommended measures in the so-called traffic light of the Ministry of Health, which will indicate the risk of infection in individual districts. “This means that if we have four traffic light regimes, then four different modes of action in schools can be envisaged,” Plaga said.
Two-week online teaching only at the worst level
In the event of an infection in the school, according to the Minister, the regional hygienic station should decide on its possible closure according to the specific situation. However, according to him, hygienic measures or a modified canteen regime will lead to the fact that it is not necessary to close entire schools, but rather only individual classes.
Vojtěch expressed the same opinion, according to which the measures should be as individual and local as possible. “There is no reason to close an entire school at any cost because of one infected pupil or student. The class will be quarantined, not the whole school, “he said.
According to Plaga, if the epidemic worsened to the highest level of risk, a temporary two-week closure of schools and a transition to online teaching would be possible.
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The ministry has prepared a bill that addresses the possibility of distance learning in the event of a growing epidemic. The government has not yet approved it. The proposal provides for rapid legislative adoption. The Minister hopes that the House will discuss it in the autumn. The ministry’s budget has increased by 300 million crowns this year in connection with the need to equip schools for distance learning. By the end of August, Plaga wants to propose to the government how the money should be distributed among schools. “They will get paid in the second half of October at the latest,” he said.
The coronavirus pandemic significantly affected the second half of last school year. From March 11, the schools were closed in general, and began to open gradually and partially only after two months. Until the end of the school year, attendance was voluntary and children could learn from home. Last school year, about 953,000 children went to primary schools and 424,000 to secondary schools.
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