Within the return plan approved by the Ministry
"Education": 5 time paths to receive students in schools
25% of students attend school in the first phase. Archives
The Ministry of Education has set five time stages for receiving students in schools at the beginning of the new school year, with the implementation of all precautionary and preventive measures, explaining that the first phase (the beginning of the school year) is the percentage of students' attendance in schools 25%, then the second phase will be after two weeks, and the percentage reaches Student attendance is 50%, then the third phase after two weeks, when the student attendance rate reaches 75%, and after a week the fourth phase begins, in which the student’s attendance rate reaches 100%, and the fifth phase is continuous monitoring since the start of the school year.
This came in the "Protocols and Procedures for Operating Educational Facilities During the Pandemic" guide, recently issued by the ministry, which emphasized the determination of the classes concerned with return at each stage according to the return plan approved by the ministry or the local educational authority.
The guide mentioned four stages of risk in the educational facility during the outbreak of the "Covid-19" pandemic, which are: low risk (level A), medium risk (level B), high risk (level C), and critical risk (level D).
The evidence indicated that level (A) when positive is confirmed, five cases at most per 100,000 people, and in this case learning is in educational facilities, and physical spacing is applied, and masks are applied, with the freedom of choice for students' parents between school hours or distance learning, and the level (B) The number of injuries from six to 20 cases, and in this case the capacity of educational facilities is 50%, while maintaining physical spacing, wearing masks, and the freedom to choose between school attendance and distance learning.
As for level (C), the number of cases ranges between 21 and 35 cases, and the absorptive capacity of educational facilities decreases to 15%, while maintaining the application of physical spacing and wearing masks, and returning to schools is limited to the children of frontline workers, and parents Working matters, and for level (D), the number of cases in it is 36 cases or more per 100,000 people within seven days, and at this level distance learning is applied at a rate of 100%, and lessons and lectures are prohibited in classrooms and halls.
Major risks
The "Protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities during the pandemic" stressed the need to take into account several major risks when opening educational facilities, most notably the spread of the "Corona" virus among students in classrooms and common areas, and the spread of the virus through large gatherings in confined spaces, including Areas of school canteens, assessment areas, and entry and exit points to educational facilities that cause gatherings as a result of additional safety controls, such as checking the temperature at the entrances to educational facilities, and the spread of the virus among workers who are in common rooms for long periods of time, in addition to students and teachers, of a high risk category such as Chronic medical conditions, pregnant teachers, transmission of the virus through food suppliers due to outsourcing, and other contractors, which leads to a high risk of contracting the virus.
The "Protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities during the pandemic" stressed the need to take into account several major risks when opening educational facilities, most notably the spread of the "Corona" virus among students in classrooms and common areas, and the spread of the virus through large gatherings in confined spaces, including Areas of school canteens, assessment areas, and entry and exit points to educational facilities that cause gatherings as a result of additional safety controls, such as checking the temperature at the entrances to educational facilities, and the spread of the virus among workers who are in common rooms for long periods of time, in addition to students and teachers, of a high risk category such as Chronic medical conditions, pregnant teachers, transmission of the virus through food suppliers due to outsourcing, and other contractors, which leads to a high risk of contracting the virus.
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Stages of risk defined by the "Protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities during a pandemic" manual.