Schools in free Famagusta reopened on Monday with absences but without any particular problems, with several teachers either sick with coronavirus or in close contact and remaining in confinement.
In a statement to CNA, Paralimni School Ephorate President Solomon Constantinou said many schools in the free Famagusta province, both primary and secondary, opened with absences, as teachers and teachers are either cases or close contacts of confirmed cases.
In recent days, Constantinou said, efforts have been made to temporarily replace them with teaching staff from the DPA.SE. Over the weekend, enough preparation was done so that the replacements would be able to cope with their duties.
According to Mr. Constantinou, 5 teachers are currently absent from the Paralimni Gymnasium and Lyceum, who have been replaced. The primary schools in the free province of Famagusta present a similar picture, he said. In particular, 6 teachers are absent from the primary school of Ayia Napa, who have been replaced by the DRA.SE programme.
The situation does not seem to be improving any time soon, Mr. Constantinou stressed, noting that the Paralimnii School Ephorate is prepared for any eventuality.
In many schools in the free province of Famagusta several times students and teachers were found positive for coronavirus and classes had to be closed and students had to be isolated, however, so far, there was no school in which there were serious problems, Mr. Constantinou, who stressed that the need to upgrade the technology of schools is imperative, so that a student who is in isolation can attend class normally from home.
Asked if there are parents who oppose the new measures, Constantinou said that the number of students who did not attend schools is small to minimal. He also said that some parents did not give their consent for quick tests to be carried out on their children by the mobile units that will visit schools, but all of them, he said, with no exceptions, are required to present a negative test to enter schools.
In kindergartens, attendance was at 50 per cent which was expected, he said. Constantinou, who believes that more children will return to kindergartens within the week.
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