The education ministry and trade
unions on Thursday signed a protocol setting out the measures
and rules schools should apply to be able to reopen in safety in
September.
Italy's schools closed in the early stages of the coronavirus
emergency in March and did not open before the end of the
2019-2020 school year.
The protocol sets out how schools should let pupils in and let
them out to prevent crowds forming, and gives indications on how
to sanitize classrooms and other areas.
It also stipulates that a help desk will be set up to assist
schools on applying the rules
All visitors to schools must be registered.
School staff will be able to have free coronavirus serological
tests at the start of the school year. although these will not
be compulsory.
Only one parent will be allowed to accompany a child to school.
In the document, the government also commits itself to ending
class overcrowding, with legislation to set a maximum number of
pupils per class.
As part of the protocol, the ministry has agreed a convention
with the national guild of psychologists to provide support for
staff and pupils who may fear contagion, feel stressed or have
trouble concentrating after the isolation of the lockdown.
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