The holidays are over, now we are learning again: School is starting in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein.
The children and adolescents must continue to follow corona rules.
Kiel - After a good six weeks of vacation, the new school year begins this Monday in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
They are the first federal states in Germany.
The new school year is also dominated by the corona virus.
In Schleswig-Holstein, all indoor students must wear masks for the first three weeks of the school year.
Those who have not been vaccinated or recovered have to test themselves twice a week.
This applies to students as well as to all employees.
Girls and boys no longer have to put on masks in the schoolyards.
In the new school year you can also stay outside in any group - the “cohort rule” is no longer applicable.
Mask compulsory for everyone, tests for unvaccinated people
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, masking is compulsory in the first two weeks of school.
In addition, the students and the unvaccinated teachers have to take a corona test twice a week.
In the second week of school there should be vaccination offers for adolescents from 16 years of age in the school, in the first week the need for them should be inquired about.
From the point of view of Schleswig-Holstein's Minister of Education, Karin Prien (CDU), the chances of starting the new school year are significantly better than in 2020. The background to this is particularly the progress made in vaccination.
Significant progress has also been made with digitization in schools.
Vaccination campaigns in schools for students from the age of twelve and for employees are to begin on August 19.
Make regional decisions
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Education Minister Bettina Martin (SPD) had announced that she did not want to close schools across the board as a preventive measure, even if the incidence was high. The health authorities of the districts and urban districts should make decisions taking into account the regional infection numbers as well as hospital admissions and intensive care patients. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has one of the lowest corona incidences nationwide, but it is increasing. dpa