Omicron, a variant of the new crown virus, has entered the community. From early Friday morning, evening meals will be completely banned. 15 types of listed premises such as theme parks and bars must be closed for at least 14 days. At present, schools and kindergartens still do not need to suspend classes.
Zhu Guoqiang, a member of the Legislative Council of the education sector and the vice chairman of the Federation of Education, said in an interview with a commercial channel program this morning that the suspension of classes depends on changes in the epidemic. There are currently multiple transmission chains in the local area. After the judgment is made, it is necessary to decisively decide to suspend classes, especially kindergartens and elementary schools.
The chairman of the Subsidized Primary School Council, Hu Yanfen, said that January is the handover between the upper and lower semesters. Examinations are being held during some schools. The suspension of the examinations will have an impact. Many parents also hope to maintain face-to-face instruction, catch up with the learning progress, and facilitate the care of their children.
She pointed out that the academic community tends to keep giving face-to-face lectures, and will cooperate if the epidemic worsens and classes must be suspended.
Zhu Guoqiang, a member of the Legislative Council of the education sector and the vice chairman of the Federation of Education, said that if the epidemic is very serious, such as cases of unknown origin in multiple districts, after the experts need to study and judge, they should decisively decide to suspend classes.
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Members of the Education Sector: If there are cases of unknown origin in many districts, classes should be suspended decisively
Zhu Guoqiang, a member of the Legislative Council of the education sector and the vice chairman of the Federation of Education said that the suspension of classes depends on the changes in the epidemic. There are multiple transmission chains in the country. We should decisively decide to suspend classes, especially kindergartens and primary schools, because primary and kindergarten students have not yet received injections and are not protected.
He also reiterated that once the suspension of classes is implemented, the government should set aside at least one to two days for academics to prepare.
In order to step up the epidemic prevention, he pointed out that the school has stopped multi-person activities, such as flag raising activities, and the middle school suspended the ground sports meeting; taking his school as an example, the library has recently implemented graded book borrowing, and only first-level students are allowed to enter the library every day.
He also suggested that schools may consider suspending extracurricular activities and travel.
Hu Yanfen, chairman of the Subsidized Primary School Council, said that the academic community does not want to suspend face-to-face instruction. At present, the epidemic prevention is strictly controlled, and teaching activities where crowds gather are also suspended.
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Subsidized Primary School Council: Examinations will be held in January to prepare for teaching for the next semester and to maintain face-to-face instruction until the New Year holiday
The chairperson of the Subsidized Primary School Council, Hu Yanfen, said that the academic community does not want to suspend face-to-face instruction. At present, epidemic prevention is strictly controlled, and teaching activities where crowds gather are also suspended. Taking his school as an example, the post-test activities of visiting museums and space museums will be cancelled. Before the Lunar New Year holiday.
She pointed out that January is the handover between the semester and the semester. Some schools hold the exams for the last semester during these two weeks. The suspension of the exams will have an impact. After the exams, teachers must correct the test papers and plan the teaching work for the next school year.
Primary schools currently maintain half-day face-to-face instruction. She pointed out that most of the parents who contacted expect their children to return to school to maintain their learning progress and to facilitate the care of the children.
However, she pointed out that once the epidemic worsens, it is dangerous to children’s health and social epidemic prevention is unsatisfactory, the academic community will cooperate. It is hoped that the government will reserve 3 to 5 days for the academic community to prepare before the suspension of classes, such as adjusting the timetable for online classes. It can also allow parents to reschedule the time to take care of their children.
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