The schools should be able to open again after the summer holidays. The German Teachers' Association requires regular weekly corona virus tests for the teachers during this period.
Berlin (dpa) - If the schools reopen completely after the summer holidays as planned, the German Teachers' Association believes that teachers should be tested for the corona virus once a week.
"We rely on regular weekly tests by teachers, even if there are no symptoms of illness," said Association President Heinz-Peter Meidinger of the German Press Agency.
Various association representatives from the field of education had already made demands for tests for teachers and pupils. There are different plans in the federal states. Brandenburg, for example, wants to offer teachers and daycare staff to be tested every two weeks for an initial three months. Other countries are planning random tests.
Meidinger said whether sampling was sufficient depending on the infection in the respective federal state. He described Schleswig-Holstein's plans to provide special emergency teams as "absolutely important and sensible", which "quickly tests all contact persons" in the event of corona infections in schools. "The goal should be the early detection of superspreading events", as has already been done in schools in France or Israel.
The Culture Ministers 'Conference of the Länder (KMK), which is scheduled to hold a video conference on Thursday (June 18), asked the President of the Teachers' Association to submit a new, detailed hygiene concept for the desired full school openings without distance rules after the summer. School authorities and schools should have sufficient lead time to implement the necessary measures.
At their conference, the ministers want to discuss with experts what the planned regular operation could look like after the summer vacation. The Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of Education and acting KMK President Stefanie Hubig (SPD) had advocated an end to the 1.5-meter distance rule at schools.
