Advice OMT: Ease quarantine rules primary education.

Advice OMT: Ease quarantine rules primary education.

The OMT advises the ministry to ease quarantine rules in primary schools after september 20. It would then no longer be necessary to send the whole class home when there is an infection. For parents, this means they no longer have to unexpectedly look after their children and help them follow lessons remotely.

Currently, in primary education, the rule is that a whole class must stay at home if one student tests positive for coronavirus. Newspaper Trouw reports on monday that this caused hundreds of primary schools to start the school year without lessons. This causes problems at schools, where lessons are cancelled right at the start of the year.

Concrete

The advice means that soon the whole class will not have to stay home, but only the student who was in close contact with an infected child. This student can then follow lessons remotely.

Wise

According to OMT, it is wise to start this easing in two weeks (so from september 20). OMT member and chair of the Association for Pediatrics Károly Illy says to the newspaper that it can happen. “By then, the risks we face will be much lower.” The advice applies for all primary school students and also for childcare and after-school care. “Basically, it applies to all children under twelve years old.”

Positive

“I am very happy for many children that this measure can be lifted in a few weeks,” says Illy. Ouders & Onderwijs is also positive about the advice. It creates clarity for students and parents and can prevent unnecessary lesson cancellations. Parents will therefore less often have to unexpectedly look after their children.

More information

Read everything you need to know about the quarantine rules on our website and about corona rules after the summer holiday on our news page. If you have questions, you can also contact Ouders & Onderwijs by phone on weekdays at 088-6050101 or send an email to vraag@oudersenonderwijs.nl