"Education" calls on students' families to provide protective tools for their children
The Ministry of Education called on parents of students to provide the necessary personal protective equipment for their children before going to school, which includes “face masks”, “hand sanitizers” and “gloves”, as part of the precautionary measures to protect them against infection with the Corona virus.
In the "protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities during the Corona pandemic", which it recently adopted, the Ministry stressed the need for students, members of the administrative and teaching staff, and all service providers not to go to educational facilities when feeling any of the symptoms of infection with the Corona virus or any respiratory symptoms, such as Fever, cough, shortness of breath, body aches and headaches, in addition to taking into account the entry and exit of students to laboratories and learning resource rooms without crowding, making sure to leave a safe distance, and commitment to undergo a "Covid-19" examination for teachers, employees, service providers and students over the age of 12 years, and the commitment of the cadres The teacher wears masks while teaching in classes, with the exception of students under six years of age who wear them, with the necessity to leave a physical distance of no less than two meters between the teacher and the student, sterilization, disinfection, nutrition, transportation services, training and awareness, the monitoring and inspection plan, and others.
The ministry pointed out that leaving the freedom to choose parents of students between their children’s attendance at school or distance learning comes from the premise that the student’s guardian is an essential partner for the success of the system, and then the ministry established a questionnaire for parents to know their opinion about the return of their children and accordingly the decision was taken. To serve the current circumstances and take into account the circumstances of parents.
The Ministry called for the isolation of the person whose infection with "Covid-19" was discovered in educational institutions, whether schools or universities, and to complete safety procedures with the health authority, and to count all those in contact with the injured in the educational institution, and sterilize the classes or the stands that the injured frequented, with guidance. For self-quarantine, according to the recommendations of the competent authorities.
The ministry explained that the mechanism for dealing with him is determined in the event of a student being injured, as all students who had contact with him in the classroom, as well as faculty members who had contact with him, are examined, with directives to self-quarantine according to the recommendations of the competent authorities, but in the event that more than one student or member of the authority is injured The teaching staff, in this case, the educational institution moves to the stage of higher risk, during which the studies on the campus of the educational institution are suspended and the education is completely transferred for a period of not less than 14 days.