Parents of school children to choose between in-person, online studies starting February 1
The decision will apply to the following cities: Zugdidi, Telavi, Zestafoni, Gardabani, Poti, Marneuli, Batumi, Kobuleti and Gori. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian Ministry of Education will allow the parents of school students to choose between in-person and online studies starting February 1.
The decision will apply to the following cities: Zugdidi, Telavi, Zestafoni, Gardabani, Poti, Marneuli, Batumi, Kobuleti and Gori.
If teachers have to conduct additional online classes, they will receive additional compensation,” says the ministry.
Parents which want their children to continue remote learning have to make it clear to the school administration and register.
All the schools which continue in-person studies starting February 1 will test a minimum 20 per cent of their teachers and administrative personnel for coronavirus regularly once every two weeks.
Starting February 1, schools open their doors for students throughout Georgia except Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Rustavi. In these cities schools will open if the community transmission rate of coronavirus will decrease to four per cent over seven days.
Dozens of Georgian children have developed a multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) which is a rare but serious complication associated with COVID-19, Radio Liberty has reported.
The government may ease restrictions in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Rustavi if the epidemiological situation is maintained at the current level of infection week, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said at today's inter-agency coordination council meeting that if the community transmission rate continues to remain at over 4% any talk about normal economic performance is 'nothing more than gossip'.
School teachers who start teaching in person on February 1 will be tested for coronavirus by PCR before studies resume.
Georgia has reported 676 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting 19,989 tests over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 1,441 individuals have recovered from the virus and 11 others have died. As of now the number of total confirmed cases of coronavirus stands at 257,632 in Georgia, including 248,537 recoveries and 3,159 deaths. 5,910 individuals remain infected with the virus.
A total of 479 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Georgia after 12,700 tests have been conducted over the last 24 hours. The number of active coronavirus cases now stands at 5,879. Georgia has confirmed a total of 258,111 cases of Covid-19 since last February.
UNICEF Georgia welcomes the Georgian government’s plan to gradually open schools in the cities and the villages of Georgia. An official statement of the organisation reads that safe re-opening of schools and preschools must be prioritised during lifting the restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
In-person studies have resumed in the remaining big cities of Georgia - in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Rustavi starting today.
The rate of Covid infections at schools across Georgia is up as shown by data from the past week, however the education ministry has said it has effects of the pandemic on educational institutions under control.
Two schools and three kindergartens have been closed in Georgia’s city of Gori after teachers and children tested positive for the coronavirus.
“In-person studies should become mandatory in schools despite the coronavirus pandemic, as the hybrid teaching model is ineffective”, said the Georgian Association of School Administrations (GASA).
The Ministry of Education of Georgia has announced today that schools and kindergartens will resume on January 17. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ministry will allow hybrid classes in the new semester.