Ministry of Education: This spring, schools across the country will be able to resume school on schedule, normally and safely

　　Chinanews.com, February 9th. The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the 9th.

Liu Peijun, deputy director of the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, said at the meeting that the current national epidemic situation is generally stable, the school epidemic prevention and control policy has been clarified, and the preparations for the start of school in various places are basically in place. This spring, schools across the country can start on schedule, normally and safely. .

　　Liu Peijun introduced that this spring, the first school season after the "Class B and B management" was ushered in all over the country. The return to school is related to the life, study and work of nearly 300 million teachers and students. With the smooth start of school and the safe return of students to school, education departments at all levels have used the "window period" of winter vacation to carry out a series of work deployments to guide schools to make solid preparations for the start of spring school:

　　First, improve the policy system to support the prevention and control of the epidemic in spring school.

　　Since the end of last year, the Ministry of Education, in conjunction with relevant national departments, has formulated an overall plan for school epidemic prevention and control in accordance with the national policy requirements of "Class B and Class B management", promulgated operational guidelines for school epidemic prevention and control, and issued a number of measures for campus epidemic response. Plan, coordinate and refine various measures, refine various requirements, and make policy preparations for the start of school this spring.

　　Second, issue a document to deploy the start of the school, clarifying the tasks before and after the start of the school.

　　Before the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Education issued a notice to deploy the opening of the school, and held a video conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in the national education system. The education departments at all levels guided the schools to formulate work plans for the opening of the school, improve the various plans for returning to school, and do a good job in all tasks before the school starts. .

　　Third, carry out research and supervision to guide the progress of schools in various places.

　　According to reports from various places, the start of school for primary and secondary schools this spring will be coordinated and arranged by the local education department, mainly around the Lantern Festival in early February to the 15th, and colleges and universities will arrange the start time reasonably according to the actual peak hours, mainly in early February for the Lantern Festival. Before and after the festival, until the end of February.

At present, education departments at all levels are conducting school opening inspections, instructing and urging schools to ensure that school opening preparations are in place in time to ensure campus safety in the spring semester.

　　Fourth, strengthen departmental coordination and enhance the ability of schools to prevent and control the epidemic.

　　The education department, together with the health and disease control departments, will strengthen the construction of primary and secondary school clinics, health care rooms, college hospitals, and health post stations, with strong professional forces.

Carry out health monitoring of teachers and students before and after the start of school, establish a health account for all teachers and students, and follow up with health services.

The education department will also work with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to support schools in stocking adequate and applicable anti-epidemic materials such as symptomatic treatment drugs for new coronavirus infection, masks, and antigen detection reagents in accordance with standards, so as to prepare materials for the spring school.

　　Fifth, organize special training to improve the school's epidemic prevention technology level.

　　In mid-January, the Ministry of Education held a national school epidemic prevention and control capacity-enhancing training, and local education departments at all levels also carried out relevant technical training to help school leaders, medical and epidemic prevention personnel, school mental health teachers, primary and secondary school head teachers, various Counselors in colleges and universities have a thorough understanding of policies, situations, and technologies, so as to improve the ability of schools to respond to epidemics and emergency management.

　　Liu Peijun said that in general, the current national epidemic situation is generally stable, the school epidemic prevention and control policy has been clarified, and the preparations for the start of school in various places are basically in place. This spring, schools across the country can start on schedule, normally and safely.

If there are no special circumstances, schools generally do not start early; if there is no risk of epidemics, students generally do not delay returning to school.

　　Liu Peijun emphasized that the plan for a year lies in spring.

After the start of the spring term, the education department will continue to work with relevant departments to guide colleges and universities, primary and secondary schools, and childcare institutions to fully implement the national epidemic prevention and control policy, smoothly realize the transition of epidemic prevention and control in schools, and effectively restore the normal order of education and teaching in schools. Respond to the concerns of teachers and students returning to school, and continue to ensure the health of teachers and students and the safety and stability of the campus.