HCM City to reopen schools early next year
Schools in HCM City are preparing to reopen from next January according to a local official.
Hieu said that the city was now organising online studying but this was also facing various challenges due to technical and management issues.
"At present, more than 30,000 students have been stuck at other localities as a result of the social distancing rules," he said. "Of the number 26,000 are studying online while over 5,000 have been admitted to local schools."
The official expressed hopes that the plan for reopening schools would go smoothly as the pandemic was being brought under control.
Director of the municipal Department of Education and Training, Nguyen Van Hieu shared at a Thursday meeting that they were completing preparations so that local schools could receive students back at the start of the second semester in January 2022.
Director of the municipal Department of Education and Training, Nguyen Van Hieu speaks at the meeting
According to the official, more than 1,500 schools in the city are being used as quarantine areas for Covid-19 prevention. The quarantine activities are expected to end in November so the schools could be prepared to welcome students back.
Hieu said that the city was now organising online studying but this was also facing various challenges due to technical and management issues.
"At present, more than 30,000 students have been stuck at other localities as a result of the social distancing rules," he said. "Of the number 26,000 are studying online while over 5,000 have been admitted to local schools."
The official expressed hopes that the plan for reopening schools would go smoothly as the pandemic was being brought under control.
"At present, we are considering reopening two schools in the island commune of Thanh An in Can Gio District from October 11 as the area has become free of Covid-19 for a long time," he said.
A school is being used as quarantine areas for Covid-19 prevention in HCM City
Statistics showed that HCM City has a total of 2,392 schools with 1.71 million students in the 2020-2021 School Year.
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