China News Service, Beijing, January 21 (Reporter Ma Haiyan) "The school is closed, and undergraduates are required to leave the school. Graduate students who do have experiments and thesis requirements are on campus, they can stay on campus during winter vacation." A student from a key university in Beijing Xiao Tang said.
However, correspondingly, the students from their hometown need to be quarantined at home for 14 days. If they return from their hometown, they will be quarantined for another 14 days. Basically, a winter vacation will be a failure.
It is also unlikely to visit relatives and friends when going home, and it also affects the reunion of relatives and friends at home. Doctor Oda, who lives in Shanxi, chose not to go home.
Data map: On January 14, the staff of the Rescue Management Station in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province measured the body temperature of a college student who was unable to return home due to the epidemic.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
Back, or not, this is a problem
"Non-necessary not to return home" and "unnecessary not to stay in school", this winter vacation has become a problem for college students, especially those in high-risk areas.
Previously, media reported that after Shijiazhuang implemented control measures, some college students were forced to stay unable to return to their hometown due to the winter vacation time in universities.
At the same time, college students returning to Shijiazhuang from other places are also facing the problem of getting home.
The school is not allowed to stay after school holidays. After arriving in Shijiazhuang, there is no way to transfer trains. Many students can only borrow overnight or find another way.
Recently, there have been media reports that under the "fancy holiday order" of "non-essential do not return home", "non-essential do not stay at school", "necessary can stay in school", and "non-essential do not leave school", whether to return home for the New Year , Has become a trouble for many college students in central provinces.
The policy of "non-essentially not staying in school" of many colleges and universities has caused some students to fall into the embarrassment of "want to go back and not go back" and "want to stay but not to stay".
"Non-necessary non-returning home" is originally a need for epidemic prevention and control, and reducing the flow of people also reduces the risk of disease transmission.
There have been many initiatives across the country to celebrate the New Year on the spot.
In order to allow more people to choose to stay, some places and companies gave red envelopes to the "workers" who stayed there for the New Year.
University students may be the most embarrassing group. To stay in the local area for the New Year, they have to endure loneliness and face the problem of no place to live. After going home for the New Year after all the hardships, if the parents who go out to work do not go home, they will be lonely.
It is also because of the needs of epidemic prevention and control that "non-necessary not to stay in school" is a holiday measure for many universities in low- and medium-risk areas.
Holidays are divided into batches, in principle, not staying at school unless necessary, and not returning to school without receiving notice after leaving school. This is the holiday policy of many schools this year.
Many students, especially those in the graduation year who are facing job hunting, are afraid that they will not come back after leaving school due to the epidemic, and choose not to go home. This is not a problem in previous years and this year has been highlighted.
"No need to stay in school" should not be one size fits all
Of course, students try to leave school as much as possible, which is conducive to school management and means that the school will take less risk.
However, for students, they may not be able to return home or school. They can only choose to stay in a hotel on the spot. Not to mention the increase in economic costs will also increase the risk of epidemic prevention.
Xiong Bingqi, deputy dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said that in fact, colleges and universities let students go home for the New Year during holidays, which is not consistent with the "New Year in situ" advocated by various places. Colleges and universities should welcome students to stay at school instead of going home instead of letting them all go home. .
"For college students who have not yet returned to their hometown, they should be required to allow college students to stay on campus and not go home. They should properly arrange their winter vacation life. It is not a one-size-fits-all requirement that all students must leave school on vacation and leave them alone."
"Non-necessary staying in school" should not be the same, because the actual situation of the students is different. Some may not be suitable for returning from a medium-to-high-risk area, and some hometowns may be a medium-high-risk area and not suitable for going home. Some may have employment. , Academic needs, some have family economic factors and other considerations, the school can not forcefully require that all stay in school, all go out, or all stay in school because of its own management convenience.
Students should be fully informed of the risks and consequences, and students should be subject to the discipline of staying in school, allowing students to choose whether to live on campus or not, instead of expelling all students from campus "in accordance with epidemic prevention requirements."
It is true that students who do not leave school during holidays will increase the school's epidemic prevention problems.
For example, teachers need to pay attention to the health and safety of students, and canteens, dormitories, and classrooms all increase the workload.
But when students are away, the school is their home. In special circumstances, how can the "alma mater" be pushed?
Epidemic prevention and control can't just "sweep the snow before the door"
The reporter found that some universities in Beijing have adopted more flexible policies in response to changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation.
Some schools have arranged scheduled shuttle buses to the airport and train station to minimize the risks of the journey; some allow students who have not yet returned to their hometowns to stay in the school, and at the same time provide logistical services and epidemic prevention and control.
Solving the problem of leaving and staying in winter school is not difficult, at least not more difficult than last year.
Allow qualified students to have a way to go home for the New Year; allow students who stay in school to receive reasonable care from the school and at least have dormitories to live in; if possible, local governments and social forces should also support schools and students.
Xiong Bingqi said that the prevention and control of the epidemic should not only "sweep the snow before the door", but also require all parties to work together to solve the embarrassment of college students having difficulty returning to school and home.
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