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A comprehensive closure of schools in Germany is approaching again.
The dynamics of the coronavirus pandemic make "further restrictions on all levels of society" necessary, said the chairwoman of the Conference of Education Ministers, Stefanie Hubig (SPD), on Friday.
“We are also ready to do our part,” said the Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of Education at the end of a two-day video conference with her counterparts.
However, she rejected the idea of extending the Christmas holidays.
Instead, schools should switch back to distance learning before and after the holidays if necessary.
A change from face-to-face and distance learning is also possible.
It is important that the restrictions for the schools are kept as short as possible.
For younger students, emergency care must be organized again if face-to-face teaching is to be completely discontinued.
The conference did not take a formal decision on imminent restrictions in the Corona crisis.
The ministers of education would of course support the decisions of the minister-presidents' round.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) spoke out against a general school closure before Christmas.
Primary schools in particular, but also daycare centers, should remain open until the start of the holidays, Schwesig said on Deutschlandfunk.
This is a great relief, especially for parents who work in care or in hospitals.
“If you go to emergency care there, you mix the groups again,” the SPD politician continued.
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