Only certain students are allowed into the classroom in NRW directly after the Easter break - under one condition.
A few days earlier there was a breakdown.
On Monday (April 12th) the Easter holidays will end in NRW under Prime Minister Laschet (CDU).
From then on, due to Corona, a test is mandatory for students in the state.
The deliveries of the corona kits are delayed, however.
Düsseldorf - students and parents have to be patient in North Rhine-Westphalia.
From Monday (April 12th) distance lessons should apply to all.
Exceptions are final classes.
The NRW school minister Yvonne Gebauer announced.
The rule will initially only apply for a week, until April 16, said the FDP politician.
In addition, emergency care is guaranteed for classes 1 to 6, Gebauer told the
WDR
.
As planned, the Abitur exams in North Rhine-Westphalia should start on April 23 with the subject English.
NRW introduces compulsory tests for Corona in schools - but there is a problem with deliveries
For students in face-to-face classes, a corona test is also mandatory from Monday - twice a week in a self-test.
But their deliveries to schools have been delayed.
Already on Wednesday a good 1000 primary and special schools should have been supplied.
Now “probably” until the end of the week, according to the NRW Ministry of Education.
The state government assumes a weekly requirement of 5.5 million self-tests.
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) emphasized on Wednesday that schools could only be opened if “testing works everywhere”.
According to
WDR
, Gebauer stated that with the compulsory test she wanted to give the students the "greatest possible security"
, because in discussions with many associations she found that parents, students and teachers were very concerned.
This has already been shown in the past few weeks.
Several cities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia had asked because of the Corona numbers to be able to postpone classroom teaching.
Compulsory testing is too easy a strategy for critics.
The “Lehrers NRW” union fears it will fail.
“Not very user-friendly and definitely not suitable for children” finds the “Lehrer NRW” union for the test kit.
It was "simply unsuitable for a setting with 15 students in one room and a teacher as a supervisor," said chairman Sven Christoffer to the
WDR
.
He calls for trained test staff in schools.
SPD and Greens tear up NRW school minister: "Declaration of bankruptcy with announcement"
Criticism also comes from the Greens and the SPD.
"The minister now had to pull the ripcord", quotes the
WDR,
the education policy spokeswoman in North Rhine-Westphalia, Sigrid Beer.
"The inadequate preparation of a potential school operation and the foreseeable increase in incidence make the decision inevitable."
And for the Social Democrats in the state parliament, Vice Jochen Ott said: "This turnaround is a school-political declaration of bankruptcy with an announcement".
While the state government in Düsseldorf allows individual municipalities to restart public life in model projects, Gebauer is sending "most of the 2.5 million students back to the home office".
NRW Minister: "Schools are not corona pandemic drivers" - RKI figures suggest otherwise
In the framework of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK), medical professionals confirmed that the incidence of infections among children and adolescents was increasing, Gebauer also said.
"The schools are not the drivers of the pandemic," she said at the same time.
According to RKI situation reports, schools are playing a growing role in virus circulation, and many minors in daycare centers are infected with the British corona variant B.1.1.7.
However, the institute also announced: "The role of children and adolescents in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has not been conclusively clarified."
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