The association has a majority of high school teachers as members.
Åsa Fahlén says that there is a great awareness that students need to be allowed to come to school.
- There is no one who is more aware of it than the teachers.
But we are in a pandemic and the spread of infection must not increase.
Health must come first.
We have seen that the spread of infection is greater among upper secondary school teachers who have been more present in school than upper secondary school teachers.
And meeting older students is a greater risk than meeting younger students, says Fahlén.
She sees clear risks with an increased proportion of classroom teaching:
-The risk is that teaching will suffer even more if the spread of infection increases.
If more teachers become ill, distance education is also jeopardized, says Fahlen.
Heavy responsibility
However, the teachers' union describes today's message as positive.
-But a huge responsibility falls on the principals to listen to and follow the regions' infection control recommendations.
It has been a bit so and so with it, says union president Johanna Jaara Åstrand.
The responsibility also rests heavily on the principals to have a safe working environment, she continues.
-There are no schools that have been adapted for pandemics.
The premises are still cramped, says Johanna Jaara Åstrand.