These are the new dates of the return to face-to-face classes in Ecuador

The change of dates is part of the measures that the country took before the omicron variant for the safe return to face-to-face classes.

The National Emergency Operations Committee coordinated with the Ministry of Education a change in the schedule of return to face-to-face classes for all educational institutions, both fiscal, fiscal, municipal and private due to the global alert for the appearance of the new variant of coronavirus , omicron.

New dates of return to face-to-face classes

  • Regime Sierra-Amazonía: Monday, February 7, 2022, in the second semester 2021-2022, with a capacity of 100%.
  • Regime Coast-Galapagos: Tuesday, May 3, 2022, for the start of the new school year 2022-2023.
  • Students in Rural High Schools and Productive Technical High Schools, in the Costa-Galapagos and Sierra-Amazonía regime, who were already in attendance at 100% capacity, will continue with this scheme until the end of their school year.

According to the Ministry, these previous provisions are for the cantons with 85% complete vaccination in the population aged 5 to 17 years.

Due to the new dates decided by the national COE, in the case of the Costa regime, student activities will end virtually, therefore the return to classrooms with 100% capacity will be for the 2022-2023 school year.

Registration

For the new school year of Coast-Galapagos 2022-2023, registrations will be from April 11 to 24, 2022; transfers will be from March 28 to April 9 and from April 27 to May 1. Classes will begin on May 3, 2022.

For the second semester of the Sierra-Amazon, registrations and transfers will be from January 24 to February 4. The start of classes will be on February 7, 2022. (I)

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