New Corona Developed teaching materials for children to prevent discrimination and slander October 17, 5:15

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To prevent discrimination and slander related to the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has developed educational materials such as educational videos that can be used for teaching at school.

With the spread of the new coronavirus infection, outbreaks of infected people and clusters have been confirmed at school sites nationwide, and complaints to schools and photos of students have been spread, resulting in discrimination, slander, and unfairness. In some cases, they are treated.



Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has developed teaching materials to prevent discrimination and prejudice so that people can learn how to properly treat medical professionals, infected people, and their families related to the new coronavirus.

The teaching materials are enlightenment videos and descriptive worksheets, with concrete examples of what actually happened at school, why discriminatory thoughts and actions are born, what can be done by the children themselves. Is the content to think about.



Naoko Hirayama, director of the Health Education and Food Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said, "Society has a history of causing discrimination and prejudice in infectious diseases, but it still exists as a problem in our society. I would like you to use this new corona virus as an opportunity to think about it. "



The teaching materials will be delivered to boards of education and schools nationwide.