Another step on the way out of the quarantine: the government discusses the opening of the education system

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With a three-hour delay, the cabinet meeting began tonight (Sunday), at which the ministers are expected to discuss, among other things, the outline for opening the education system, which will remain closed at least until next Tuesday.

Ganz at a cabinet meeting: “Calls on people to get vaccinated so we can open up the economy” // Photo: Tal Oz, Ministry of Defense

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the beginning of the meeting that the discussion should begin with the mention of the murder of Diana Raz over the weekend in Na’aleh Binyamin by her husband. “We will work hard to eradicate this phenomenon. During the Corona period, violence increased greatly, especially violence against women. We transferred additional grants to strengthen the dormitories for battered women.”

Regarding the opening of the education system, the Prime Minister said: “We will hear from the senior officials of the Ministries of Health and Education and we will make a careful and informed decision. A decision that on the one hand will allow the start of early childhood education, but on the other hand will reduce the danger of mass infection that could claim many more victims. We will examine our steps according to the balance between vaccines and disease, and we will make decisions accordingly. “

Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz said he was pleased with the partial opening of the closure: “We must continue to open but responsibly. I call on people to get vaccinated, it is our key to continue to open the economy according to the purple and green mark. The aspiration of hotels, gyms will open, but we “People need to keep getting vaccinated. It’s important that every public servant, teacher, doctor, trader, anyone who interacts with a different audience, get vaccinated.”

Education Minister Yoav Galant: “Asks you to pass on the ID numbers of vaccinators over the age of 16 and teaching staff, and then we can get a snapshot. We spend weeks on this thing. Since all the blockages have been removed – too bad to waste time. Too bad to go through this saga again, I want to pass it on today. “

Corona Superintendent Prof. Nachman Ash: “We are in a situation that requires great caution in opening. I am very worried that if we act irresponsibly we will bring another wave that we are coming out of a very high point in morbidity. You know the situation which is really fluid and very fragile.”

The director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, said during the meeting: “It is difficult to say that the closure did not help because it is not known what the data would have been if there had not been a closure.”

According to the outline for the opening of the education system, the kindergartens, grades 1-4 and grades 11-12 will be opened in green and yellow cities. Studies in the red and orange cities will open in smaller capsules of half-classes in the open air, in a yes-no-day format.

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Among the parents’ representatives, there is much criticism of the government’s decision to allow some of the activities, but not the studies. “The government is once again playing with the education and future of our children,” says Arik Kaplan, chairman of the parents’ leadership in Jerusalem, a city with more than 200,000 students.

“From this morning we can take our children to the hairdresser, do hair tones or just get a haircut, take a walk in a nature reserve, go to a B&B and of course stay with friends from class, kindergarten and even the teacher at home – but we can not take them to the most natural place they should be. And the school. An entire generation is lost. “

Participated in the preparation of the article: Ariel Kahana, Meital Yasur Beit-Or, Daniel Roth-Avnery

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