What happens when you request a temporary closure? What are your grades and credits? What about club activities? Admission? Feb 28, 16:33
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has requested prefectural boards of education, etc. nationwide to set a suitable time of about two weeks from March 2 to spring break under the secretary's name, and to temporarily close schools. It is based on the School Health and Safety Act, which suspends the attendance of eligible students if a flu or other infectious disease occurs in schools. However, it is unprecedented to notify such a temporary school closure all over the country.
Basically requesting self-study at home
In order to ensure the effectiveness of infection control, children are required to refrain from going out of their way and to instruct schools to spend time at home.
We also request that schools appropriately apply self-study at home so that their learning content is not delayed.
Students with disabilities
For students with disabilities who cannot spend time alone at home, we request each school board to use local welfare services and secure a place to stay.
If it is difficult, we ask that you take measures to prevent infection and consider sending them to school with the minimum number of people required.
Completion of each course and credit recognition are flexible
About grades and credits. If you leave school, you may run out of class time and may not be able to take the final exam.
In elementary and junior high schools, it is legally safe to run out of school hours due to the unforeseen situation of infectious diseases.
For high schools as well, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology demands that the completion of each course and the recognition of credits be flexible, so that they do not affect the progression or advancement to higher education.
In addition, it is stated that the guidance record, which is the basis of the written application, can be recorded as "days of suspension of attendance, abuse, etc." instead of "days of absence."
Club activities are self-restraint
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has also called for self-restraint in club activities and sports competitions, when the pandemic influenza spread in 2009 due to the spread of infection during practice games.
Disinfectant must be installed at the high school entrance exam
Public high school entrance examinations are already taking place in Tokyo and elsewhere, but most will take place early next month nationwide.
To prevent infection, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology asks test-takers to wear masks and installs an alcohol-disinfecting solution at the test site before conducting the test.
In addition, if students become infected, they are also asked to consider conducting additional examinations to secure the opportunity to take the examination.
College entrance exam
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has not specifically stated in the notice about the late examinations for university entrance examinations that have started since March 12 and about 160,000 volunteers have applied, but took measures to prevent infection as well as high school entrance examinations Is to ask them to do it.
Graduation ceremony
For elementary and junior high school and high school graduation ceremonies, it is requested that the number of participants be limited and that consideration be given to such things as canceling rehearsal training.