Chinanews client, Beijing, August 21st (Reporter Zhang Ni) Entering late August, universities and primary schools across the country have entered the new semester return to school. Different from previous years, affected by the epidemic, many new arrangements have been made for the start of the fall semester. Before school starts, this information needs to get √ in advance!

Data map: A university student is studying in the self-study room of the library. Photo by Liu Xiaohua

Back to school in batches, don’t get your start date wrong!

  When school starts this year, schools across the country will adopt a batch-wise, wrong-time, and off-peak arrangement. Therefore, students in each grade should remember their school start dates.

  In accordance with the requirements of the “Notice” issued by the Ministry of Education’s Leading Group for Response to the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic, the school’s party secretary and principal (primary) as the first responsible person must organize faculty and staff to prepare for the start of school and ensure the health of teachers, students and staff Monitoring requirements, a comprehensive investigation of hidden safety hazards of various facilities and equipment, according to the principles of "wrong area, wrong level, wrong time, wrong peak" and "local coordination", carefully arrange the start of the 2020 fall semester and related work to fully restore normal education and teaching order.

  At present, many universities, middle schools and primary schools have announced the start of school arrangements, and many schools have classified students of different grades and even majors as returning to school in different batches.

  For example, Tsinghua University stipulates that the registration of 2020 undergraduate freshmen is divided into multiple batches. Among them, on September 5th, freshmen who have been notified to participate in the freshman core training camp will register; September 7th, Zhili, Rixin, Weiyang, Tanwei , Xingjian College freshmen register; September 8th, other freshmen register.

  Wuhan University’s arrangement is that some undergraduate students will return to school for tuition from August 24 to September 4, new graduate students will register on September 5, old students will return to school on September 6, and new Japanese students will register on September 11.

  Beijing University of Chemical Technology stipulates that undergraduate students will return to school in batches from August 15th to 17th; graduate students will return to school in batches on August 17th and 18th; undergraduate students admitted this year will be in September Around the 13th, report in batches at the Changping campus; new graduate students report in batches at the east campus at the end of August.

  In terms of kindergarten in primary and secondary schools, the start of this year’s fall semester is also different from the past.

  For example, unlike the unified start of school on September 1 of the previous year, Beijing’s primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will start at a staggered peak this year.

  Among them, on August 29, the first grade, the first grade, the third grade, the first grade, the second grade, and the third grade of elementary school will start. From August 29 to August 31, the first grade, the first grade and the first grade of elementary school will be held for 3 days. Entrance Education. On September 1, the fifth, sixth and second grades of elementary school started. On September 7, the second, third and fourth grades of elementary school started. On September 8, the large and middle classes of various kindergartens opened; on September 11, the small classes of various kindergartens opened.

Data map: A primary school student wears masks, queues at intervals, and enters the campus through the automatic temperature measurement door for the first time. Photo by Wei Liang

Before school starts, remember to do these things!

  Prior to this, the National Health Commission had issued technical plans for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in autumn and winter in higher schools, primary and middle schools, and kindergartens. The three programs are aimed at different student groups and clarify the preparations that need to be done before the beginning of school, on the way back to school, and after the beginning of school.

  For example, for college students and faculty and staff, the "Plan" clearly requires self-health monitoring, daily body temperature measurement for 14 consecutive days before the start of school, recording of health status and activity trajectory, and truthfully reporting to the school.

  In addition, students are not allowed to return to school before the school officially determines and informs the school start time. Students and faculty from high-risk areas must present the nucleic acid test report within one week to the school when returning to school. Foreign teachers and students will not return to school without receiving notice from the school, and present the nucleic acid test certification materials to the school in accordance with relevant requirements when returning to school.

  For primary and secondary schools, it is proposed to encourage qualified elementary and secondary school teachers and staff to voluntarily undergo nucleic acid testing before school starts.

  At the local level, different regions have also refined local requirements.

  For example, in Shanghai, the relevant notice issued by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission on July 15 clarified that, in principle, teachers and students of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens should conduct self-health observations in Shanghai 14 days before the start of school. Carry out self-health observation 14 days before school starts.

  The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education also put forward relevant opinions on the start of the 2020 fall semester of schools across the province on the basis of the preliminary work deployment.

  Among them, it is necessary to comprehensively assess the health status and action trajectory of teachers and students, especially freshmen and new teachers. Teachers and students are required to measure their body temperature daily for 14 consecutive days before the start of school, record their health status and activity trajectory, and report truthfully to the school.

Data map: The Eleventh Primary School in Hunnan District, Shenyang City. Students keep a distance of one meter to receive water in front of the drinking fountain. Photo by Yu Haiyang

What should we do to prevent the epidemic after school starts?

  After the students return to school on a large scale, there will be more people gathering. How to ensure the normal teaching work while minimizing the risk of epidemic spread?

  Recently, relevant arrangements have been made from the National Health Commission to local education departments.

  Taking colleges and universities as an example, the National Health Commission recently issued the "Technical Plan for Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia in Colleges and Universities in Autumn and Winter (Updated Version)", which puts forward various requirements for school management after the beginning of school, including reasonable staffing density based on campus conditions , Implement the smallest unit group management as much as possible; adopt staggered dining and keep a safe distance from others when queuing for meals; outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering the dormitory, etc.

  For primary and secondary schools, it is proposed to strengthen morning and afternoon inspections for faculty, staff and students, and increase evening inspections for students who stay and participate in evening self-study; during school, students should be guided to avoid sitting, not shifting, or playing around, and to maintain safe social interaction Distance etc.

  In addition, all localities have also detailed the epidemic prevention and control measures after school starts.

  For example, in Beijing, epidemic prevention in school cafeterias is one of the key tasks.

  According to requirements, after the beginning of the new semester, all employees in the school canteen must have a health check-up certificate and a negative certificate for the new coronavirus pneumonia nucleic acid test. Every day, a designated person is responsible for the morning and afternoon (evening) inspections of employees.

  In addition, Beijing also requires to strengthen the management of cold chain foods, especially imported cold chain foods, and not to purchase cold chain foods without relevant permits, business licenses, and product qualification certificates; when purchasing aquatic products, check whether they have Documents such as certificates of legal origin shall not purchase or process illegally caught fish or aquatic products of unknown origin.

  Major universities have also made arrangements for epidemic prevention in the fall semester.

  For example, Wuhan University requires that the campus and dormitories continue to implement closed management after the beginning of the term; if not necessary, no large-scale indoor gathering activities will be organized; the canteen adopts a staggered dining method to ensure a safe distance; the logistics support department will conduct frequent daily inspections in public areas Clean and disinfect the surface of the object.

  Zhongnan University of Economics and Law requires that the campus and student dormitories adopt closed management; implement meals at different times and peaks, and encourage students to bring their own lunch boxes; promote online meal ordering to reduce dine-in meals; in principle, the school does not hold large-scale gatherings of student meetings and campus activities , Encourage online meetings or exchange activities.

  In addition, the school also prohibits students from keeping pets in school, and reminds students not to touch animals inside or outside the school. (Finish)