As of January 18, 14 cities and provinces across the country allowed students at all grades to return to school. (Photo: VNA) The minister pointed out favourable conditions likehigh vaccination coverage and improvements in the pandemic combat, in terms of treatmentdrugs, infrastructure, public awareness and experience.
Online learning that has been utilised over the past morethan two years due to COVID-19 would affect the quality of teaching andlearning, children’s psychophysiology as well as socio-economic activities,among others, Son said.
He asked localities to raise their opinions and views,and take actions to soon reopen schools in the new situation.
It was reported that as of January 18, 14 cities andprovinces across the country allowed students at all grades to return to school. Nineteen localitiesapplied full online learning via the internet and television. Thirty otherscombined online learning and in-person formats.
As of January 15, 90.1 percent of students aged from12-17 got the first shot of COVID-19 vaccines, and 72.24 percent received thesecond dose. Meanwhile, 82 percent of teachers and education managers weregiven the second jab, and 28.2 percent got the third shot.
The ministry has suggested localities reopen schoolsin the new normal to contribute to economic recovery and social stability.
Municipal and provincial People’s Committees need to getupdates on the pandemic situation to decide school reopening in accordance withrelevant regulations and guidelines of the Ministry of Education and theMinistry of Health, it said./.
VNA
