It included operating procedures, examination plan, emergency and acceptance priority

14 precautionary measures to receive children in nurseries and care centers

  • The nursery is obligated to sterilization and disinfection procedures 5 days before opening.

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The Ministry of Education has identified 14 precautionary measures that institutions of nurseries and child care centers, and the families of students in these centers, must adhere to, in order to achieve a safe, healthy, and stimulating learning environment when operating educational facilities during the “Covid-19” pandemic, noting that These procedures are subject to change or modification without prior notice, based on the directives of the concerned or competent authorities, and based on developments.

In detail, the protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities during the pandemic, issued by the Ministry of Education “seventh edition” included the requirements and procedures for entering the educational facility, the examination and emergency plan, personal protective equipment and hygiene, physical distancing, games, equipment and tools, staff and children ratios, communication plans and preparedness. Acceptance priority, food and beverages, procedures before opening, procedures after opening, training and awareness, monitoring and inspection, in addition to transportation.

The precautionary measures contained in the protocols required nurseries and childcare centers to ensure that the temperature of anyone entering the facility was checked, and that it was below 37.5 degrees, and that the nurse examined all employees and children upon arrival at the facility, during the day, and upon departure, and ensured They are free from any symptoms of “Covid-19”, and allow the entry of one person with authorized children of the first degree, to hand over and receive children, and allocate times for entry and exit, with a commitment to complete support services, such as maintenance and sterilization work.

The measures for the examination and emergency plan indicated the mandatory periodic examination (laboratory examination) on all employees of the facility, to ensure that they are not infected with the “Covid-19” virus, so that the examination periodicity is in accordance with coordination with the emergency committees and teams, crises and local disasters, and the need to notify the responsible person in the facility. In the event that symptoms of “Covid-19” appear among employees or other users of the facility, such as fever (37.5 degrees Celsius or higher), cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, diarrhea, nausea, headache, or loss of sense of smell or taste, and develop a plan to notify Parents of children if there are developments related to suspected cases, while the employee is prevented from entering the educational facility, if the positive result of the “Covid-19” examination is confirmed, and the home quarantine is required until he obtains the negative result in the examination to be able to start work in the facility.

The measures included the need for the management of the facility to allocate an isolation room in accordance with the requirements of isolation rooms set by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, and to develop procedures to deal with suspected or confirmed cases of “Covid-19”, and for the educational facility to keep data of students and workers, in addition to the necessity of the children’s parents’ obligation to inform the facility For any recent visits to hospitals or medical care centers for them or their children, or any family member residing with them.

The measure contained in the protocols indicated that if a single case of “Covid-19” appears, the group that includes the positive case is closed, and if positive cases are detected in three or more groups at the same time, then the nursery is closed completely for a period of 10 days, according to Specific criteria, in coordination with the committees and teams of emergency, crises and local disasters, and developing procedures to deal with suspicious cases, taking into account the age of children, and cases of panic that may occur, in addition to creating a record containing the data of all children and workers in the facility, and developing a plan to notify parents of health developments in the facility. , pointing out the importance of carrying out continuous follow-up to the examinations of children and workers, identifying all contacts in case of infection, preventing contacts from attending except after completing the incubation period, and examining them after the incubation period, to ensure that they are free of the virus.The protocols stressed the importance of cleaning and sterilizing all surfaces of the facility daily, effective sterilization after each day, conducting the cleaning process in line with the instructions of the concerned authorities, and the compliance of all employees and visitors by wearing masks inside the facility at all times, noting that due to the difficulty of applying physical distancing at some point. Before kindergarten (nursery), which is limited to the age of 45 days to four years, where the child at this sensitive stage needs direct interaction with the nanny or supervisor, to ensure that all care and learning needs are met.

The precautionary measures included the introduction of the group system, which includes dividing children into separate groups, so that one group remains in the same learning class, and does not mix with other groups in nursery facilities, while a number of nannies are allocated to each group, and nannies remain with the same group of children who They are customized, so that neither children nor nannies are rotated into groups.

Nursery readiness plan

The protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities stressed the need to avoid the use of toys and games with complex parts, or that are difficult to clean, and there must be at least one employee, who holds a valid certificate in first aid for children, and to use training and communication channels, to inform all employees, parents and children of the Required conditions, practices, and methods of hygiene and sterilization, in addition to developing a plan for the “readiness of the nursery” and ensuring the existence of appropriate procedures for the continuity of operations and the safety of everyone in the facility, while giving priority to admission to families of working children, who need someone to take care of their children during the work period, and humanitarian cases.


Food and drinks

The protocols and procedures for operating educational facilities during the pandemic, issued by the Ministry of Education, stressed the need for parents of children in nurseries to commit to providing food, drinks and safe plastic utensils for their children, and to ensure that children have their own food containers, and do not exchange food with each other, while the nursery will be Sterilization and disinfection procedures are obligatory five days before the opening, as a minimum, and the nursery will also be responsible for implementing what was stated in the protocols for the procedures for reopening nurseries.

The protocols indicated that all nursery workers will be trained by the approved educational authorities in the country, according to the scope of each entity, on the plan to return to work, and explain the mechanism of delivery, review and approval of these plans, and the authorities concerned with licensing (the Ministry of Education, local educational authorities and departments will take over Monitoring and periodic inspection of nurseries and child care centers, to verify the extent to which the protocols and procedures contained in this guide are applied. Parents of children are responsible for delivering children to the nursery, through their own means of transportation, and children from the same family or educational group are allowed to attend and leave. together from nursery school.

37.5°C is the upper limit for a child's temperature.

Obligating the management of the facility to establish procedures to deal with suspected or confirmed cases of “Covid-19”.

Precautionary measures Nurseries and child care centers are required to ensure the temperature of anyone entering the facility.

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