COVID-19 in open schools and preschools in Norway

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has disastrously affected schooling for millions of children globally. According to an estimate by the United Nations, more than 168 million children missed out on learning in class during the first year of the pandemic.

Study: Experience with open schools and preschools in periods of high community transmission of COVID-19 in Norway during the academic year of 2020/2021. Image Credit: Mirza Kadic/ Shutterstock

A new study has been published on the medRxiv* preprint server that describes the cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools and preschools in Norway to evaluate the strategy of keeping them open with control measures in place.

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Ontario high schools allowed to return to regular semesters in February

Ontario high schools will shift back to regular semesters no later than February, returning secondary students to a normal schedule for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.

School boards will be able to make the change sooner if they have their local public health unit’s support, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Thursday.

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‘FRANKLY IMPOSSIBLE?’ SOCIAL DISTANCING IN SCHOOLS

Re-opening schools is going to be one of the biggest symbolic steps towards loosening the lockdown.

It has divided opinion about whether it can be safe – and who should go back first.

But there are places, such as Denmark and Germany, where it’s already happening.

“There was anxiety in the community,” says Dom Maher, head of the international section of St Josef’s school in Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand.

“A large percentage of parents were in two minds,” he says. “And there were some who decided to wait a few days to see.”

But almost three weeks after re-opening, he thinks it has worked better than might have been expected.

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Jason Gaidola reports on what people had to say about how to improve the province’s education system at a meeting Wednesday.

 Parents and teachers had their say about Manitoba’s future in education as the series of public meetings neared the end.

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Focus on digital content for teachers and schoolchildren

Education policy has always been, and will continue to be, closely related to South Africans’ social conditions.

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zambia courts Canada for girls’ education funds

EMELDA MWITWA, New York
ZAMBIA is discussing with Canada the possibility of benefiting from the US$2.9 billion which that country has pledged to fund the education of poor girls and women in the world.
Canada plans to spend this money on girls from poor countries with the support of its G7 partners following a pledge it made at the June 2018 summit in Quebec.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudaeu has held a meeting with President Edgar Lungu and other heads of state from possible beneficiary countries in the world.
Mr Trudaeu said Canada has mobilised funds from its partners for investment in girls’ education in conflict zones and poor countries.http://epaper.daily-mail.co.zm/

“We empower kids to find and pursue their own education and career path, and provide them with the support and tools they need to get there,” said Jean Eddy, CEO of American Student Assistance (ASA).

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System doesn’t give basic education

Re: “Kids with special needs struggle for education — and families suffer,” June 10.

One thing is clear: Our public education system is no longer equipped to provide a basic education for any child without their parents advocating for them, let alone if they require additional classroom support.

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