The Emergency Operations Committee (COE) NationalHe resolved that the face-to-face work in public institutions is 50%. In the case of education, as it is an essential activity and a fundamental human right, face-to-face activities will be maintained in educational institutions with the approved Educational Continuity Plan, Therefore, they will continue to attend to work in person and the exceptions contemplated will apply. for personnel with aggravating conditions.
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This January 3, the students returned to school following the long December holiday. Several private institutions chose to start the year virtually as a preventive measure for the Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties. However, they will return on January 10 to rule out possible cases of COID-19 in students.
From January 10, 2022, the institutions that have approved PICE must update it to receive students of all levels, 5 days a week, complying with the minimum conditions that allow the development of face-to-face school activities.
If the educational institution does not have the minimum required spaces, respecting the capacity, to accommodate all students whose families have indicated that they wish to attend in person, two working groups must be established with a minimum attendance time of three hours a day. , five days a week, complementing this process with autonomous work (homework or jobs).
.@mariabrownp in dialogue with @visionquito, stated that as of January 10, the institutions with the approved Institutional Educational Continuity Plan must offer the possibility of attending in person, at all levels. #MeetForEducation pic.twitter.com/jajWzE4uNX
– Ministry of Education of Ecuador (@Educacion_Ec) January 3, 2022
Until now, the dates set for the mandatory return (for institutions) to face-to-face classes are maintained on February 7 for the Sierra and Amazon regime and on May 3, for the Coast and Galapagos.
Of course, they will be able to return to the presence with the capacity to 100%, if there is a minimum of 85% of students vaccinated with the two doses.
Only, students with exceptional cases associated or not with disability, aggravating illnesses, catastrophic illnesses or duly justified specific conditions will be able to reach bilateral agreements with educational institutions regarding the modality that allows guaranteeing and maintaining education from home.
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The plan might change
This is the information we have so far. However, the dates might change according to the epidemiological situation of the country in the following weeks since new provisions might be given that we will make known to you.