The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced the return of students in schools, kindergartens and higher education institutions with full attendance from Sunday, October 3.

The Ministry said in a statement shared on Twitter that it was decided that students will return to study with full attendance at 100% of the approved capacity of the school building, with the need to adhere to the following measures:

 

  • - Maintaining the appropriate distance between students, which is a minimum of one meter at all times.
  • - Observing physical distance in staff rooms and offices, and making sure to leave a safe distance between the employee and his colleague.
  • - Obligating all students and administrative and teaching bodies to wear a mask while in schools and higher education institutions.
  • - Continuing to apply the bubble system in study and transportation.
  • - Allowing the use of buses to transport students with a capacity of 75%.
  • - Continuing to apply the attendance and absence policy.
  • - Adherence to precautionary measures to prevent disease, such as washing hands and sterilizing them with disinfectants constantly, and disinfecting surfaces with sterilizers. 
  • - Commitment to the precautionary decisions and measures related to the implementation of the fourth phase of the plan to lift the precautionary restrictions. 
  • - Obligating all students from the age of 12 years and above, staff and workers in schools, kindergartens and higher education institutions, to conduct a rapid test for Covid-19 (Rapid Antigen) or a PCR examination approved by the Ministry of Public Health on a weekly basis, for those who have not received or completed doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Those who have recovered from the disease are excluded from the examination procedure.