‘Window’ of N. Kerameos for distance learning if schools close due to snow

Niki Kerameos was mentioned about the coronavirus and the millions of tests that the educational community has submitted and continues to submit, who was invited on Sunday to ANT1’s “Morning Types” show.

According to the Minister of Education, “the many tests offer us a safer society”, while as she pointed out, the cases have decreased significantly progressively in relation to the first compulsory check-up of students and teachers after the Christmas holidays. In fact, as he mentioned, thanks to the group and direct tracking that is done in case of a case, only 0.03% of the departments that have closed throughout Greece.

Ms. Kerameos also said that after the 560,000 pupils and students who received a voucher of 200 euros under the “Digital Care” program, care was taken to provide a voucher for all teachers, without criteria, while interactive whiteboards have already been ordered for all schools from the Recovery Fund, as he commented there is now an important digital part in the daily operation of education and courses.

Asked if there will be a reduction in the material, mainly in the subjects of DG Lyceum and the Panhellenic Examinations, the Minister of Education answered that “the material was reduced last year when the schools were closed for a long time. This year there is no such problem. it helps the children themselves, because the examiners are forced to go “in depth” and ask more difficult questions “.

Regarding the mergers and abolitions of Departments of Higher Education, Niki Kerameos said that “the previous Government established more than 150 university departments. It has been a problem for years. Departments were established without a utility study. We are in dialogue with the departments about the universities. “What our country needs for our children and for the development of the country. There can be no Departments just to strengthen the economy of a region”.

For the operation of the schools, in the middle of the bad weather “Elpida”, the Ministry. “There will be a broad meeting at noon, decisions will be made and then the governors and municipalities will make announcements. Obviously our lives are adjusted when we have extreme conditions,” he said. lessons will be missed, as lessons will be taught through distance learning, as is often the case in Florina, due to bad weather.

Finally, regarding the negative parents who did not send their children to school due to coronavirus, he spoke of “individual incidents, of the order of 70-80 throughout Greece. The government brought a special regulation for a special criminal act for anyone who did not allow his child to go to school and these cases have been significantly reduced, there are very few left “.