Education Mininstry - new data regarding classes: 4,502 schools - 3rd scenario; 5,187 - 2nd scenario

A number of 4,502 educational units nationwide are carrying out their classes according to the 3rd scenario (online), and 5,187 in the 2nd scenario (mixed), the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC) informed on Friday.

According to MEC and according to the data transmitted by the county and Bucharest school inspectorates, on Friday, at 2.00 pm, the situation was as follows:

* 7,967 educational units were functioning according to the 1st scenario (S1): daily participation (face to face) of all preschoolers and pupils in the educational units, while observing and applying all the health protection norms.

* 5,187 educational units were functioning according to the 2nd scenario (S2). This implies the daily participation (face to face) of all preschoolers and pupils in primary education, students in the 8th and 12th grades, while observing and applying all the health protection rules, respectively the partial return to classrooms (by rotation of one-two weeks) of the pupils from the other secondary school and high school levels, with the observance and application of all health protection norms.

* 4,502 educational units were functioning according to the 3rd scenario (S3), which means that all preschoolers and pupils are participating in online activities/lessons.

"We also mention that, out of the 4,502 units in this situation, 355 educational units are included in this scenario due to the registered COVID-19 cases, and 4,147 educational units are included in this scenario due to the incidence rate of the cases at the level of the locality in which the school is located or due to the school infrastructure/schools carrying out rehabilitation works," stated the MEC in the said press release.

The boards of directors at the level of each educational unit adopt the scenario proposals and, implicitly, their change, depending on the analysis of the epidemiological situation carried out by the public health directors and the National Institute of Public Health, of the existing infrastructure and resources in each educational unit.

MEC also brings to mind that, according to the joint order of the Minister of Education and research and the Minister of Health No. 5,487/1,494/01.09.2020, the epidemiological criterion based on which the educational units/institutions establish one of the three functioning criteria is the cumulated incidence rate and, respectively, the total number of new cases in the last 14 days per 1,000 inhabitants.