Zero to 100 school reopening programs for children’s health / Which group of students should not go to school ?!

Fars News Agency – Education Department: According to the officials of the Ministry of Education, the process of reopening all the schools in the country has started since yesterday, the first of Azar. A number of schools have received reopening permits and classrooms have been set up, but some schools are not yet ready to reopen.

Of course, the reopening of schools does not mean that students attend school every day, but that they go to school one or more days a week, depending on the school conditions. In this regard, families have several questions to maintain the health of their children.

Alireza Kamraei, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education on the reopening of schools, said that schools had started the reopening process on December 22nd, but that students would have to wait until they were told by school officials to go to school. According to Kamrai, the school cafeterias are closed.

To answer the families’ questions, we sat down with Hassan Mohammadi, the deputy director of physical education and health in Tehran.

** The process of creating a school health committee

* School health committees were to be formed. What is your role as deputy director of physical education and health on health committees?

Our monitoring is clustered. Because our forces in the province are not enough to say that we visit all the schools ourselves, but to the best of our ability, the district, as much as its own capacity, and the health networks are constantly monitoring.

According to the directive, schools were required to form a health committee, which they did; The health committee, school health liaison or liaison committee, the school principal, the school deputy principal, a parent-teacher association and a teacher representative are present.

Based on the instructions, these people check the class and health status of the school to determine how well the facilities in the school are in line with the announced standards, and based on this level of compliance, suggestions are made to the district. For example, to state that based on the facilities we have, we can have a face-to-face or combination class, or our situation is not suitable and we can not meet the standards, and our classes must be absent.

The initial proposal for the school will be given to the district and the district health committee will make the visits, which we did more than 3,000 field visits to the schools in Tehran. Of course, both we and the health network have reviewed the schools and are adapting the model proposed by the school to the standards; In other words, we verified.

If, based on the visits, it is determined that the school can do these things, the final verification will be done by the district, and of course we will monitor. In addition to field monitoring, we also monitor based on the reports we receive. That is, we find a field presence in the school and study the issue. In general, the school runs the education process for the current school year, based on a permit issued by the district.

** Education in all schools will be combined

* Based on this, may a school announce that it can fully implement face-to-face education?

No, we do not have full face-to-face training, but training is combined. And in schools with classes of 30 or more, children are grouped. Needless to say, the average population of our classes is more than 30 people, and children must be grouped.

We and the monitoring teams of the medical universities are constantly monitoring, and wherever we see non-compliance with standards and protocols, we warn and request that corrections be made; Our request to the families is that if they encounter cases that indicate non-compliance with health protocols, they should inform through the monitoring system so that our colleagues can enter and prevent the problem.

* What percentage of students and teachers in Tehran are currently vaccinated?

Our latest data show that approximately 77% of students received the first dose of corona vaccine and approximately 53% received the second dose. Also, more than 83% of the capital’s educators were vaccinated.

** Vaccination is not a condition for attending school

* Is vaccination a prerequisite for attending class? Is vaccination of teachers and students mandatory at all?

Not mandatory for students and educators. Vaccination is not a condition for attending school, and no one can say that if a student is not vaccinated, we will not let him or her into the classroom. But our advice as a social duty to all our colleagues, all managers and all dear families is to help make this happen.

The more we are vaccinated, the less likely it is that the virus will spread in the community. In fact, the mutations that may be caused by the rotation of the virus are reduced, and we live in a safer society. In fact, we help each other to maintain our health. I help you to be healthy, you help me to be healthy and the virus is not going on between us and as a result there are no new blisters.

** The basis of face-to-face reopening is proper ventilation in the classroom

* Some families report that their child has been going to school for the past two weeks and has caught a cold due to the classroom windows being open, and they have complained about this situation.

The basis of face-to-face reopening is to have proper ventilation in the classroom. In other words, the main condition for having a classroom at school is to have proper ventilation.

Protocols state that, for example, air must circulate in the classroom six times in one hour. The instructions state that in winter conditions, students must attend class in appropriate and warm winter clothes.

* Do you mean they must open the class window?

no way. Because sitting indoors without ventilation greatly increases the risk of spreading the virus.

* Should a student come to school if he / she has cold symptoms?

Students with symptoms of the common cold are prevented from entering the school so that families can rest assured that no problems will arise.

In addition to face-to-face education, distance learning, television school and other teaching methods are still active, and other methods will continue as long as we make sure that the student’s conditions are not suitable for attending school. Because students’ health is more important than anything.

Families should also be aware that if their child is ill, they should not be allowed to come to school so as not to infect other students. If they find that a student has a fever or headache, or coughs, or has other symptoms of coronary heart disease, be sure to go to a health center.

** Students who should only receive distance learning

* Which group of students can not come to school?

We do not have anything called whether students come to school or not; Because the general instructions have been written, but it has been stated that if students are in special groups, for example, they have a special underlying disease. They have cardiovascular disease, organ transplants, cancer, etc., or they use drugs such as corticosteroids. It is necessary to use the absentee method for their education and it is not obligatory for them to attend school. Of course, there are also these groups for teachers.

The fact that a student is included in this group requires a certificate from a specialist physician and the approval of a trusted physician in education.

* Do you have statistics on how many teachers as well as students we lost in the capital due to the corona?

I do not have exact statistics at the moment. Because schools have been closed during this period and we do not have exact statistics. But in any case, unfortunately, we lost a number of teachers and students.

** Children get used to wearing masks

* Students have to wear masks while they are in school, isn’t long masks harmful for them? Some say it’s hard.

No. Children get used to wearing masks. Of course, it was hard for us to wear a mask in the beginning, but we got used to it. There are no problems or restrictions for the student.

Only students should not wear masks during sports activities, and in this case we do not recommend, of course, sports activities must be done outdoors.

If we want to prevent the disease, masking is one of the control methods that must be used.

* What time should the classroom be?

Class hours are not limited in protocols, but the recommended recommendation is that the duration of the class be one hour in junior high school, one hour, in junior high school, 45 minutes, and in elementary school 35 minutes.

* Several bells can be in one day. For example, is it okay for a school to ring three bells from 8 to 11 o’clock?

It is not a problem, but because the number of classes is large and the schools are facing a high density of students, the attendance of students two days a week does not exceed one hour or an hour and a half. Because protocols must be followed and the number of students in the class should not be large.

** Deposit a total of 19.5 billion tomans per capita health account to the capital schools

* Did you give health per capita to schools?

Last year, the Ministry of Education provided twice as much health per capita.

* چ How much was this per capita for Tehran?

Last year, about 17 billion tomans of health per capita was allocated through the ministry, which was distributed among public schools, and this year, about 2.5 billion tomans of health per capita have been distributed so far.

We are looking to make arrangements for classroom ventilation through provincial resources.

* What happens if a student enters school without a mask? Will the student be sent home?

Something called return is not recommended. Principals have been asked to store disinfectants, sanitary ware, etc. in their warehouses for as long as two weeks, so that if a student forgets to bring a mask or the mask gets dirty at school, they can give it to him. . Of course, it is recommended that students go to school with masks.

** Protocols have been followed in reopening schools

* A number of schools reopened on the first of October, such as primary or secondary schools; How did you assess the situation?

Yes, first graders and high school students went to school for skill courses from October 1st. The first grade of elementary school is the cornerstone of education, and students should become familiar with the teacher and the school environment.

Of course, these classes were conducted in accordance with the protocols, and we also visited the school activities.

* Were there cases where schools did not follow the protocols?

If the supervisor concludes that he or she has failed to do what the school says he or she can do, he or she will be given a deadline. They declare that you are weak in these areas and you need to fix it. In this case, the education is interrupted so that the school can provide the conditions.

* Has there been a case of school violations?

We have not encountered any violations in this regard yet.

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