Among the topics discussed, María Brown spoke of the vaccination of COVID-19 in students, wearing uniforms on campus and the assistance of vulnerable groups.
The Minister of Education, María Brown Pérez, answered several questions from readers of Diario EL UNIVERSO about the progressive and compulsory return of students to classrooms in the national territory.
On the morning of this Thursday 25, in Quito, the minister clarified some of these doubts shared to this newspaper by dozens of parents and even teachers on various issues related to the plan to return to physical classrooms, which began last 22 November with technical and rural educational plans, in addition to the Galapagos Baccalaureate.
Among the topics discussed, she spoke of anti-COVID-19 vaccination in students, wearing uniforms on campus and the assistance of people in vulnerable conditions.
The government official mentioned that a student cannot be prohibited from attending classes if he is not vaccinated and reported on the opening of a survey on a website of the Ministry of Education as a step prior to the start of the transfer process of the face-to-face education in the virtual-distance modality, which will begin next December.
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“The educational institution cannot prevent the entry of the student if he is not vaccinated, what it can do is encourage vaccination among its students, just as we are doing. Vaccination is safe. A protected family is a vaccinated family, a vaccinated family protects its entire community; therefore, incentivizing is positive, but incentivizing is very different from compelling. Families, all citizens, have the right to decide about our body and health, that is enshrined in the Constitution; we cannot demand it. And they also have the right to education, worth the redundancy, it is a fundamental human right “, explained Brown, before one of the questions.
Here is the complete interview with the minister, transmitted through the Facebook page of EL UNIVERSO newspaper:
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In addition, the minister clarified that the return to the physical classrooms is subject to the dates determined in the schedule, and they can only return to the presence in the cantons where the population of 12 to 17 years has 85% of vaccination with the two doses .
Since last Monday, November 22, technical and rural schools at the national level and in addition to the Galapagos high school began the process of returning to the presence.
As part of the plan to return to the classrooms, on December 6 it will be the turn of high school and upper secondary school in the national territory, and for the Metropolitan District of Quito the following day. On January 17, 2022, basic and high school students must attend on a national scale.
The last to return to the physical classrooms will be the infants of elementary basic education (first to seventh grade), on January 17.
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On the other hand, the return of initial education boys and girls will occur once vaccination begins in that age range and 85% inoculation with the two doses has been exceeded. A tentative date has yet to be announced.
In the initial part of the interview, the minister spoke of the intervention plans in educational institutions nationwide, which would require an investment of almost 650 million dollars. Specifically, he mentioned that Monte Sinaí, a populous sector in the northwest of Guayaquil, is one of the areas where there is a greater number of institutions with a serious deteriorated state. (I)
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