Damascus-SANA
In preparation for the start of the new school year, and in the interest of the Ministry of Education for the health and safety of students, students and workers in the educational field, the Ministry asked its directorates in all governorates to start a wide educational media awareness campaign through press offices, television channels and social media on the precautionary measures related to the Corona virus and the importance of receiving the vaccine against it. With the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
In its circular, the Ministry confirmed the completion of vaccination against the Corona virus for all teachers, teachers and administrators working in schools in coordination between the school health departments and health directorates in the governorates with regard to monitoring infections with the Corona virus among students, students and workers in the educational field, provided that the School Health Directorate in the central administration is provided with a report. A daily report on suspected and confirmed cases and the measures taken in detail.
The Ministry also stressed the need for all workers in the educational sector to spread awareness among students and students about the means of preventing infection with the virus and to follow up on all educational awareness programs broadcast by the Ministry through the educational satellite channel and its official page on social media, in addition to registering students (in the basic education stage) as soon as possible. school to their places of residence in order to avoid the use of transportation.
The Ministry indicated the necessity of granting health leaves to students or students with suspected or confirmed symptoms of the Corona virus, immediately and directly by the school health doctor, and leniency in the procedures for granting sick leave to teachers, teachers and all workers in the educational field with confirmed infections, pointing to the need to treat teachers and teachers of advanced age who They are over the age of fifty-five or suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular lesions as teachers and reserve teachers in the event that there is a surplus in the school for the school year 2021-2022.
The Ministry reminded its directorates of the need to inspect the complete readiness of the physical environment in schools, to ensure the cleanliness of manholes, toilets and tanks, and to inform the School Buildings Department to repair faults if they exist, in addition to securing sufficient quantities of soap and chlorine, ensuring the availability of clean water in all schools and working to sterilize it with extended chlorine, according to a plan The generalized sterilization of the Directorate of School Health in the central administration before the beginning of the school year and the emphasis on daily cleaning and monitoring by school principals and holding them fully responsible in case of default.
Concerning the intensification of the health education program and the school health curriculum, especially with regard to personal and general hygiene and healthy lifestyles, the Ministry stressed the need to work on it, allocating half an hour per week to each class with health education and working to avoid crowding in courtyards and classes as much as possible and resorting to half-times and settlements between schools to reduce Increasing the number of pupils and students in the classrooms, with an emphasis on continuous ventilation of the classrooms, especially between lessons.
The Ministry also drew attention to the importance of adherence to wearing a mask and spatial distancing during activities and events, not exceeding the occupancy rate in halls and places designated for this from 40 to 50 percent, strictness in general hygiene and sterilization procedures, emphasizing the presence of a health supervisor in all schools, and subjecting the untrained among them to a primary health care course. And health education and familiarization with the tasks entrusted to them and circulated by the Ministry of Education and adherence to the wearing of a mask by all teachers, teachers and all school workers and the presence of a thermal scanner in it with a commitment to conduct a thermal survey daily for all students, students, teachers, teachers and administrators present in the school by the health supervisor or whoever is assigned from School Manager.
With regard to health conditions in school canteens, the Ministry stressed that it is not allowed to sell food or drinks that are not packed or automatically packaged and healthy and from health licensed institutions, with the canteen workers committing to special dress, wearing masks and gloves inside the canteen, and obligating schools that use a means of transportation for students to sterilize it twice a day before boarding. Students in the morning and evening with sterilization of hands for students before boarding the bus and avoiding crowding in it, while obligating the driver and supervisor to wear a mask.
The Ministry stressed the importance of implementing all the time programs for workers in school health departments and dispensaries and closing the classroom or school in which a clear increase in the number of coronavirus infections is recorded and confirmed by positive smears within a short period of time by the head of the school health department for a period of one or two weeks and by a decision issued by Director of Education in the concerned governorate.
Rehab Ali and Amer Deeb