After returning from vacation in the first week of January, 1-12 kl. students will study remotely as planned on December 16. In the government's decision. In the resolution adopted today, the government obliged municipal administrations to ensure remote education, care and feeding of elementary school students in schools, day care centers or other institutions, if parents, e.g. doctors, nurses, officials, must do work at the workplace and cannot look after the children at home. This procedure was also valid during the spring quarantine.
"We aim to ensure safe conditions for children who are studying in the primary education program and cannot be left alone at home while their parents are doing important work in managing the epidemiological situation. We ask the municipalities to provide opportunities for these children to come to institutions where they could learn and be supervised", says the Minister of Education, Science and Sports Jurgita Šiugždinienė.
Educational institutions will organize education and activities for elementary school children by ensuring the management of the flow of people, keeping a safe distance and other necessary conditions for public health safety, hygiene, provision of individuals with the necessary personal protective equipment, as determined by the head of emergency situation operations at the state level.
The winter (Christmas) vacation for primary school students ends in 2021. January 3, 5-12 kl. for students - January 5
As before, special schools and special classes of general education schools will work as usual. Institutions providing pre-school and pre-school education will also operate, but the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports recommends that only those parents who do not have the means to take care of children at home take children.
Until the beginning of the school holidays in December, general education schools could choose the method of teaching - contact, distance or mixed. The review of the school situation conducted by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports shows that during the spring and autumn quarantine periods, all school communities feel that they have gained practical experience in organizing education remotely, the vast majority of schools assessed their readiness to work remotely as good or very good, including in primary schools in the classrooms.
Compared to remote work in the spring, far more schools, students are equipped with digital tools, computer equipment and access to the Internet. 14 million has been allocated for the faster digitization of schools - the purchase of equipment, digital content and the improvement of teachers' qualifications. Eur, they can be used by municipalities and schools until the end of the next year. With these funds, educational institutions have already purchased and can still purchase not only computers, but also virtual learning environments, digital educational tools, as well as use free electronic educational resources.
