“Keep your child safe.” Immediate measures from education to schools to confront respiratory viruses

In full swing, the Ministry of Education is conducting its intensive efforts for the first semester exams, which officially started today, Monday, January 9, and has issued strict instructions to the educational directorates regarding continuing to implement the precautionary and preventive measures contained in the Ministry of Health’s guide to dealing with infectious diseases and the conditions that must be met in each institution or school.

Urgent letter from education to directorates regarding respiratory viruses

And the Ministry of Education issued a letter to all directorates to be careful of the emergence of respiratory viruses during the current period, which have symptoms similar to the Corona virus, and the need to continue following up the epidemiological situation and taking preventive and precautionary measures to preserve students and educational staff.

“Keep your child safe.” Immediate measures from education to schools to confront respiratory viruses

Important rules of health to preserve the lives of children

Earlier, the Ministry of Health revealed a set of important guidelines and rules for protecting children from respiratory diseases, through the following:

• Make sure, dear student, to wash hands frequently.
• Avoid kissing children during the onset of these symptoms.
• Make sure to clean surfaces frequently.
• Go to the hospital immediately if respiratory symptoms or cyanosis appear.
• The Ministry of Health called on students with these respiratory diseases not to go to school to protect students, and to prevent the spread of the virus among students, and the Ministry pointed out the need to implement strict rules and procedures to protect everyone.

First semester exams regulations

The Ministry of Education revealed a set of important controls and guidelines for students during the first semester, including:

• Every school must adhere to the precautionary and preventive measures to limit the spread of Corona.
• The need to adhere to the controls of the examination paper and that the questions be divided into 30 percent for understanding, 40 percent for application, and 30 percent for problem-solving.
• The question paper should be free of any grammatical errors.
• The need not to repeat the questions and to be appropriate for the time.