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Corona school summit: These are the results - "Do not keep school open for the economy"

2020-11-05T20:44:53.391Z


The situation at Bavaria's schools is tense because of Corona. At a school summit it was discussed how to proceed. Education Minister Piazolo now presented the results.


The situation at Bavaria's schools is tense because of Corona.

At a school summit it was discussed how to proceed.

Education Minister Piazolo now presented the results.

  • Minister of Education Michael Piazolo presented the results of the school summit at a press conference.

  • Face-to-face teaching remains an important point for him.

  • Health authorities should now make individual decisions for each school.

Update 11.30 a.m.:

The press conference is now over.

The conclusion of the school

summit

is mixed.

In many areas,

Minister of Culture, Piazolo

, remained

vague - for example, how performance surveys should be handled.

What is certain, however, is that the schools will be upgraded.

CO2 traffic lights

should come across the board.

The

Minister of Education

and

Cultural Affairs

also

adheres to

face-to-face teaching

, insofar as the infection process permits.

A decisive innovation from the summit, however, is that in future each school should be considered individually.

The respective

health department

then decides individually which measures are necessary at the educational institutions.

Update 11:21 a.m.:

A

14-day quarantine rule

for students and teachers is not irrevocable.

Health authorities

can act here individually.

A shorter

quarantine period

would be

desirable

for

Piazolo

.

Because if teachers in particular have to be

quarantined

, then many other school classes are also affected.

Here, however, there should be a cross-border regulation, said the

Minister of Education

.

Update 11:06 a.m.:

There is no uniform picture

on the subject of

room air

purification devices

.

Different local conditions also have an influence on the usefulness of the devices.

However, the majority of scientists are of the opinion that with good ventilation, the room air purifiers are not necessary.

Nevertheless, the Ministry of Culture is planning to introduce 50 million for

CO2 traffic lights

in every classroom, which indicate when it is necessary to ventilate.

Air purification devices should be used where adequate ventilation is not possible.

Follow the corona events in Bavaria in our current news ticker.

Corona school summit: CO2 traffic lights and air purification devices are to come

Update 11 a.m.: Piazolo

hopes that the points of criticism can be recorded step by step and then processed.

He also denies that schools are not kept open so the economy can continue to run.

He is concerned with education.

He knows about the advantages of

face-to-face teaching

.

Update 10.50 a.m.:

There are always two sides that have to be considered, said the

Minister of Education

.

On the one hand there is education on the other - in times of the Corona - security.

With CO2 traffic lights and air purification devices, Bavaria is almost alone in Germany.

Piazolol's

conclusion for the first eight weeks: "Sure, it jerks in some places, but the challenges have been mastered well."

Update 10.46

a.m.:

The

mask requirement

will remain a crucial point in the

fight against

infection in schools.

“It will not be a normal school year,” says

Piazolo

again and again.

The issue of fairness is

important for the

minister of education

.

Adjustments had to be made in this school year, especially with regard to the performance surveys.

Can't say what the exams will look like in May, said the minister.

Corona school summit: In the future, health authorities will decide individually for each school

Update 10:42 a.m.:

One of the summit's plans is to keep schools open.

Therefore the schools should be considered individually.

It then no longer depends on the

infection level in the district

.

Health authorities are now required to decide on a case-by-case basis.

Update 10:36 a.m.: Piazolo

is happy that they came together in a large group at the school summit.

There were many different positions that were put forward emotionally, says the

Minister of Education

.

The requirement for planning for the entire school year cannot be made, as readjustments must always be made.

Conditions change too quickly.

Update from November 5, 10:28 a.m.:

The press conference with Minister of Education

Michael Piazolo

(Free Voters) begins.

He takes stock after eight weeks of schooling.

Wanted to run the school year as regularly as possible.

Piazolo

is pleased that most of the

face-to-face lessons

could be carried out.

Corona school summit: Bavarian parents' association sends fire letter to Piazolo

(

First report

)

Munich

- It was an

online school summit

with accompanying music.

In advance,

student representatives had reported

in an open letter about overcrowded school buses and about classrooms without air filters.

The

Bavarian Parents' Association

(BEV) demanded in a fire letter to

Minister of Education Michael Piazolo

(FW) an immediate change of direction in view of the disadvantage of children from educationally disadvantaged families and IT problems.

Piazolo

spoke of a "strange" approach.

Corona school summit: the Ministry of Culture's step-by-step plan will be abolished

At the school

summit

yesterday with

Prime Minister Markus Söder

(CSU) and the

Minister of Education

, the minds had calmed down a bit, which everyone was very happy about, as those involved report.

"The sharp tone in the current phase just makes everyone crazy." The President of the Bavarian Teachers' Association,

Simone Fleischmann

, demonstratively praised the "very serious dialogue".

The head of the association recently adopted a clearer tone.

There were no concrete decisions yesterday.

It

is clear to

everyone involved in the school

summit

today: This will not be a normal school year,” explained

Piazolo

afterwards.

“Nevertheless, we ensure that

classroom teaching is available for

as long as possible.” During the school

summit

, the minister again referred

to the health authorities, which have the last word locally.

One thing is certain: The Ministry's step-by-step plan, which only applies to the

incidence

values ​​(which have long been exceeded everywhere)

*

of 35 and 50 regulations applies, is pulped.

Apparently there should be no replacement either.

The wish of some parents and teachers for a uniform procedure throughout Bavaria will not be fulfilled anytime soon.

Corona school summit: Teachers should voluntarily wear FFP2 masks

The discussion about

purifying curricula

during the

Corona *

pandemic

(demanded by parents' associations) was

still fuzzy

.

Piazolo also

remained

vague

on the question of whether he would exempt exams

.

There are, however, movements in the purchase of

FFP2 masks

, which the Bavarian Association of Philologists demanded for all teachers.

Söder

did not give a definitive promise, but assured him that he would be willing to talk.

It is conceivable that there are certain

contingents for schools

that teachers should only wear the masks voluntarily.

Some of those involved at the school

summit

were only half satisfied with this: "With regard to the

service

equipment

and

FFP2 masks

for teachers, we would have liked more clear statements, but at least further discussions were promised," said philologist

Michael Schwägerl

afterwards.

There

should also be movement

when buying

air purifiers

.

On Thursday (November 5th),

Minister of Culture, Piazolo,

wants to

inform about further details of the summit.

+

Teachers should receive FFP2 masks on request.

© Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa

Time is of the essence - because the risk of further

school closings

is high.

In the current school year,

more than 40,000 students

in

Bavaria

were already

in

Corona *

quarantine

.

This means that more than 2.5 percent of all pupils could not

take part in

face-to-face classes

, as the

Ministry

of

Education

answered

to a request from the SPD parliamentary group.

The cases recorded range from the start of the school year to October 26th.

The reasons for

quarantine

are different - for example a positive test or a suspected case.

In view of the numbers, the SPD parliamentary group leader Horst Arnold called for enough digital devices such as tablets or laptops for

distance teaching

.

(dw / we) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

List of rubric lists: © Matthias Balk / dpa

Source: merkur

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