Education Minister Piazolo announces pool tests in elementary schools - transition phase for "practice" planned

Schoolchildren in Bavaria also have to prepare for corona tests in the new school year.

However, the Minister of Education announced a different form for primary schools.

Munich - On July 6, after a cabinet meeting, Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo announced that tests for the corona virus * would continue in schools after the summer holidays.

At secondary schools, the self-tests * currently in use should remain the same.

Since testing with a nasal swab is often not easy for younger children, the primary and special needs schools wanted to change the test strategy to so-called PCR pool tests.

Today, Friday (July 23), he explained the procedure for the new school year.

New test strategy at primary schools: Piazolo wants to introduce PCR pool tests with a transition phase

Piazolo continues to rely on face-to-face teaching in the coming school year.

It is “the goal and the will”, face-to-face teaching is an “obligation towards the students”, said Piazolo on Friday in Munich.

According to the

is still unclear how exactly the face-to-face teaching should look like

The Minister of Education was of the opinion that nobody was tested as intensively as the school children in Bavaria.

There should be a transition phase to the new test strategy for pupils in primary schools.

Especially at the beginning of the school year, the spit and lollipop tests should be used in elementary schools for “practice”, says Piazolo.

Despite criticism of the crisis management: Piazolo speaks of a "successful school year"

In the so-called pool tests, samples are taken from all children and combined into one sample.

The laboratory then checks whether there is a positive Corona case among the children.

In this case, all children need to be tested again to find out who has the virus.

In the press conference at the end of the 2020/2021 school year, the minister of education spoke of an overall “successful school year” despite criticism of the crisis management, as reported by the dpa.

Especially with regard to the so far best Abitur grade (2.14) in Bavaria, “excellent work has been done”.

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