DAMASCUS, Sept 14 (NNN-SANA) – More than three million students returned to school, Sunday, as the new academic year in government-controlled areas in Syria began, amid precautions against COVID-19.
A total of 3,735,521 students went to 13,280 schools across Syria, as the Education Ministry took several measures to clean schools and used detergents to disinfect classrooms and the interior of schools.
The schools’ opening was initially scheduled for the beginning of Sept, but was postponed until yesterday over COVID-19 concerns.
At the Amir al-Khatib school in the capital, Damascus, students were seen wearing face masks on their first school day, while educational supervisors were spraying disinfectants on their hands, before they entered their classrooms.
Milad Shiha, an educational supervisor at Amir al-Khatib, said, parents’ fears about sending their children to school are understandable.
“It’s the right of parents to fear for their kids, but I ask parents to follow medical advice, keep in touch with the school administration and turn the medical advice into a lifestyle,” she said.
Zeina Mahmoud, a health supervisor, said, health advisers and supervisors have been assigned to each school, to assess and report the health situation and the well-being of students.
Meanwhile, in Kurdish-controlled areas, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), prevented high school students from entering their schools, in Hasakah Province in northeastern Syria.
Citing educational officials in Hasakah, the SDF is taking schools as bases in the region. The SDF has not yet responded to the charge.– NNN-SANA
