Receiving licenses from schools does not mean their full reopening – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr correspondent, in-school education was scheduled to begin in all levels of education from December 1, and Alireza Kamraei, education spokesman for the reopening of schools, said that 105,000 schools had received “reopening permits” so far. By the end of the week, all schools will receive reopening permits.
Hassan Mohammadi, the deputy director of physical education and health in Tehran, told Mehr about how many schools in Tehran have received reopening permits so far: “The important and neglected point is that Concept Obtaining a permit does not mean that all schools are required to hold face-to-face classes, but it does mean that each school needs to obtain a permit to determine the educational process of its students, depending on the physical condition of the school. Initiate face-to-face and virtual training or, due to lack of necessary standards, have to attend trainings in absentia.
Obtaining a license does not necessarily mean that all schools will have a face-to-face class; And follow the virtual or because of the lack of the necessary standards, he has to follow the trainings in absentia He continued: “Of course, the conditions of most schools in Tehran are such that with this license they can choose the combined method.” That is, part of the training will still be in cyberspace and part of the training will be in the classroom and in person. All of this is subject to compliance with the health protocols set by the National Corona Headquarters and the Ministry of Health. In fact, we are considering a series of very strict requirements, the first of which is to have proper ventilation in schools and to observe social distance.
Mohammadi said: “In these circumstances, we can no longer witness the holding of 30- to 35-person classes, which we normally saw in classrooms in pre-Corona schools.” In addition, we will not be able to have a daily class for all students. Especially in high schools, the variety of courses will make this more difficult.
According to the Deputy Minister of Physical Education and Health of Tehran, the educational process will continue to be followed in virtual and television schools, and most schools and principals have planned for students to fix problems or for teachers to see students’ homework. Or attend midterm exams at school.
“We are still heavily dependent on distance education and a small number of students will be in school every day because adhering to the protocols does not allow us to return to the perfectly normal conditions of reopening schools,” he said. It needs to be made clear to families so that they do not get confused to ask why their children have not been called to school. In fact, the schools have been reopened, but when students should go to school depends on the permission that each school receives and will inform the parents about this.
We are still heavily dependent on distance education, and a small number of students will be in school every day because adhering to protocols does not allow us to return to the perfectly normal conditions of school reopening.
Asked whether air pollution would have a similar effect on non-reopening in those days, he said: “In the debate over the closure of schools due to pre-corona air pollution, the main issue was not whether the school was a source of air pollution but of reducing it.” It was traffic congestion and reduced use of transportation and school services that closed schools. Now that one-third of the students will be in school in the best conditions and with the best grades, the air pollution emergency working group has not yet raised anything in the meetings to close the schools.
In response to the question whether we have schools in Tehran that do not have permission to reopen at all and can not hold any classes, Mohammadi said: “Yes, there are some schools in Tehran that are old and need to be rebuilt and renovated. They have been renovated. In these spaces, there is usually no proper ventilation and they are not allowed to hold a face-to-face class. There are also such schools in all areas of Tehran. Of course, their number is not large.
He continued: “We anticipate that we will use financial and provincial resources to install ventilators and create standard ventilation for these schools.”
The Deputy Minister of Physical Education and Health of Tehran in response to another question regarding the fact that the classroom window should be open and now it is the cold season and many parents say that students have to be in the classroom with a jacket all the time, are there any systems? Whether the heating of schools is standard or not, he said: Thank God, the heating system of Tehran schools is not a problem and the Renovation Organization has announced that we do not have any school in Tehran that has a direct flame heating system. In the corona discussion, air conditioning is very important and the class should be fully ventilated 6 times during the classes, which means that the windows should be open regularly, so the children must wear warm clothes and we have no other choice.
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