Elementary schools, kindergartens and international schools will resume face-to-face classes as soon as April 19.
Education Bureau Secretary Yang Runxiong announced today (23rd) that after the resumption of classes, face-to-face courses will still be mainly half-days, and there are two conditions for resumption of full-time education, including that all directly employed teaching staff must complete the second dose of the vaccine and receive two injections. Students make up 90% of the school's students.
Full-time face-to-face instruction and activities, and participation in non-academic activities (eg, music, sports), respectively, may resume if only individual classes or individual students meet the vaccination requirements.
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Lin Zhengyue said that it was a difficult decision to suspend classes during the anti-epidemic period, but campus students gathered to have more contact and interaction.
The threshold for vaccination was lowered to 16 years old in April last year, to 12 years old in June, and to 3 years old in February this year. It is believed that students have not been protected for a period of time.
With the increase in the vaccination rate, 95% of 12-19 year olds have received the first dose, which is ideal, and 66% of the second dose; while 58% of children aged 3 to 11 are vaccinated for the first dose, and the second dose is 58%. Only 11%.
She pointed out that there are currently 4 children's vaccine centers, all of which provide Fubitai vaccine, outreach teams to the school for vaccination, and mobile vaccination stations are also dispatched.
The authorities also welcome schools or groups to make appointments to other community vaccination centres, or the Student Health Service Centre under the Department of Health for group injections.
In addition, schools can participate in the vaccine-funded school outreach programme, and if they can be matched with private doctors for vaccination, the government can provide subsidies.
She appealed to parents of children who love tin to arrange injections for their children as soon as possible, and reiterated that the benefits of vaccination not only protect their children, but also protect the school children who participate in activities and classes together.
If the vaccination rate of the school's overall student group is high, full-time schooling can be resumed after classes resume, and more extracurricular activities or sports activities can be held.
Vaccine Pass will apply to all school staff and visitors Three shots will be required at a later date
Lin Zheng said that during the two-year period of fighting the epidemic, if the epidemic permits, the Education Bureau will strive to resume classes in stages, and will also switch to online classes so that classes will be suspended without interruption. Whenever the epidemic situation stabilizes, it can gradually return to normal. Full return to school has been resumed, and many schools have resumed full-time education because the vaccination rate has reached the standard.
She added that after a phased assessment two days ago, it was decided to strive for schools to gradually resume classes in batches after Easter.
At that time, the vaccine pass will be applicable to all staff and school visitors, that is, two shots will be taken, and the requirements for the third shot will be studied later.
Kindergartens, primary schools and international schools will resume classes as soon as April 19.
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There are two conditions for schools to resume full-time
Education Bureau Secretary Yang Runxiong added that the resumption of classes will take into account the epidemic situation, students' self-care ability, and whether they need to prepare for public exams, etc., and allow sufficient time for schools to prepare.
As secondary schools have to wait for the completion of the core subjects of the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE) before resuming face-to-face teaching in stages, if schools can allocate manpower during this period, they may consider conducting online classes, but all schools still offer half-day face-to-face classes, hoping to reduce the risk of infection.
He announced the conditions for full-day resumption of classes, including that all directly employed teaching staff (including teaching and non-teaching staff) must complete the second dose of the vaccine (exemptions for health reasons); students who received two injections accounted for 90% of the school's students; if the school did not meet the standards, However, students in individual classes are allowed to resume full-day face-to-face teaching and activities; if only individual students meet the vaccination requirements, non-academic activities such as music and sports can be arranged for another half-day.
He reiterated that he respects students’ right to study, so he did not require students to have injections before they can go back to school, but stressed that it is more beneficial for students, and hoped that kindergarten and primary school students (ages 3 to 11) will catch up and increase the vaccination rate to 100% by the end of April. 90%.
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