No agreement was reached on how to teach in the classrooms - the current education outline was extended by a week

After the Education Outline and the Green Classroom were due to expire at midnight, the Ministries of Education and Health decided to extend the regulations until January 9th.

Ministry of Health officials want to keep the current traffic light outline, but the Ministry of Education insists on a mechanism that will allow studies in red authorities as well

Yael Friedson

02/01/2022

Sunday, 02 January 2022, 23:30

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The outline regulations for education and the green class were extended tonight (Sunday) until January 9.

This, after a joint decision by the Ministries of Education and Health.

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Ministry of Health officials want to keep the current regulations, which include distance learning with elementary school in red localities where less than 70% are vaccinated in the classroom - as well as the abolition of the green classroom due to the spread of omicrons.

On the other hand, Education Minister Yifat Shasha Bitton and the Ministry of Education want the isolation to be based on exposure to contacts and, in fact, there is no connection to the color of the locality.

Shasha-Bitton this morning turned to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and asked to change the outline.

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"Need mental stability" (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"Unfortunately, we are in the midst of a fifth wave with an increase in the number of verifications in the corona virus," wrote Minister Shasha-Bitton on her Facebook page.

"At this morning's cabinet meeting, I presented the distress in the busy testing complexes and long queues - and asked to have antigen tests performed at home or by Corona trustees in schools, to make it easier for students and education staff."

Regarding the outline proposed by Shasha-Bitton, she explains that "according to the proposed outline, entire schools and classrooms will not be closed indiscriminately, but only in a class found to be infected with the virus - in which case the general rules of vaccinated and non-vaccinated will apply."

"Our children need a continuous study framework within the education system and mental stability, after two years of uncertainty. We owe it to them, and as a result we continue to demand the continuation of the green class at least in green and yellow localities."

Regulations extended this week (Photo: Reuven Castro)

According to the green class outline, in green and yellow localities, when a verified student is discovered in the classroom, all students are tested for PCR, and if all students are negative to two positive in class - they will continue their studies as usual every morning.

During the corona routine period, the outline can help maintain a corona routine when it comes to verified or two, saving the need for testing and isolation for the entire class.

Because the omicron virus is highly contagious, the effectiveness of the outline has decreased significantly, and the government has sought to abolish it.

The list of red localities includes Ma'ale Adumim, Kiryat Ono, Revava, Mevaseret Zion, Yavne, Ganei Tikva, Kadima Tzoran, Hod Hasharon, Rishon LeZion, Raanana, Tzur Hadassah, Beit Dagan, Azor, Yad Binyamin, Or Yehuda, Givat Shmuel, Shoham, Ramat Hasharon, Ness Ziona and Kfar Kanna.

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