Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Preparations forensuring safety of 7-12th grade students when they return to schools inHanoi following the Lunar New Year festival are underway, which are welcomed byboth teachers and parents.
Pham Hai Luong, who has a 9th grade child, said going to school will help children avoid mental healthissues. Staying at home for a long time will harm their interest in going toschool.
Agreeing with the decisionby the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Khanh Huyen from Bac Tu Liemdistrict said classmates of her child have been fully vaccinated, that is why shefeels more relieved when schools reopen.
Others said online learning will posedifficulty for poor families, especially those in rural and mountainous areas.
So far, many secondary and high schools havecome up with plans to respond to infection cases. All instructions were givento teachers and parents via meetings.
According to the municipal Department ofEducation and Training’s guidelines, 7th-12th gradestudents in townships, wards, communes of 30 districts at low and medium pandemic levels will come back to in-person classes. Elementary andsixth grade students will continue with online learning and pre-schoolchildren still stay at home.
Schools at higher pandemic levels will stilloffer lessons online.
As of January 27, Hanoi administered 14,541,317 vaccine shots to residents, including 241,072additional and 2,193,061 booster shots. The city strives to reach third shotcoverage in the first quarter of this year./.
