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.
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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
.
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