Kindergartens, primary schools and international schools in Hong Kong can resume classes as soon as Easter, that is, on the 19th of this month. The DAB surveyed 8,389 parents online. Nearly 65% of them are not in favor of resuming face-to-face classes. Women from the DAB Ge Peifan, Chairman of the Panel, suggested that the Education Bureau should resume classes in an orderly manner in stages to reduce the risk of virus infection.
Nearly 70% of parents believe that children can only go back to school after all the required measures
The DAB held an online press conference today (1st) to announce the results of its questionnaire survey on the resumption of classes in kindergartens and primary schools.
Nearly 65% of the parents surveyed are not in favor of resuming face-to-face classes. In particular, parents of young children believe that their children have low self-care ability and lack of awareness of epidemic prevention, and are worried that the resumption of classes will lead to another outbreak in the community.
Nearly 70% of parents believe that all schoolchildren should be vaccinated before returning to school.
Conversely, 35 percent of parents said their schoolchildren were happy to learn that face-to-face instruction would resume in mid-April.
Lin Lin, a member of the election committee, pointed out that most of the time this year, the schoolchildren will take online classes. In addition to the early summer vacation, they are stuck at home most of the time. I believe they are very bored.
More than half of the schools agree with the DAB's decision to resume classes as scheduled
The survey also interviewed 414 kindergartens and primary schools, and more than half of the schools surveyed were in favor of resuming face-to-face classes after the Easter holiday, because online classes have never been as effective as face-to-face classes.
However, schools have polarized attitudes on whether to provide special class arrangements for unvaccinated students; they all point out that the most needed support for the resumption of classes is to fully disinfect the campus and hope that the government can provide them with enough anti-epidemic supplies.
The DAB recommends that schoolchildren who have not been vaccinated or who have only received one shot must undergo a rapid test at home before going to school every day, and complete a nucleic acid test once a week and obtain a negative certificate before going to school.
Schools should strengthen after-school learning and emotional counseling to support children in need after classes resume.
They urged the government to send more outreach teams to schools to vaccinate students, and to provide schools with anti-epidemic supplies and school-wide disinfection to protect the health of school staff and students.
The DAB recommends that children who have not been vaccinated or who have only been vaccinated should undergo a rapid home test every day before going to school.
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DAB advocates daily quick test for students who have not received all injections
The DAB proposes to resume classes in an orderly manner in stages. They know that face-to-face classes are irreplaceable, but the vaccination status of students in each school is different.
They hope that the Education Bureau will review and update the two sets of existing guidelines as soon as possible - the "Health Guidelines for Schools" and the "Health Guidelines for Schools on the Prevention of COVID-19", to provide clear and clear guidelines for schools to follow.
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