DER TAGSSPIEGEL: the first day of school in North Rhine-Westphalia
date：2020-04-23 15:12author：小编source：DER TAGSSPIEGELviews：
The first day of school started in North Rhine-Westphalia - with disinfectants, protective masks and a queasy feeling of exactly how it will go on.
Students work on computer science tasks in the Abitur year at the Carolus Magnus high school. PHOTO: JONAS GÜTTLER / DPA
No hustle and bustle of children, no pupils who flock outside during the break in the nice weather: in a classroom of the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in the district of Heinsberg there are only six pupils by far.
On the teacher's desk is a striking blue plastic bottle with the spray head - it's a filled disinfectant. Before class, each student cleaned their desk with disinfectant. Computer science teacher Sabrina Weiß wrote down who is sitting at which table - so that in an emergency, chains of infection can be traced. This Thursday was not a normal school day in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Initial feedback shows that school start in NRW has been successful
Almost six weeks after the nationwide closure due to the corona pandemic, school has started again for thousands of examinees in NRW - also at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Übach-Palenberg.
NRW School Minister Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) said in the afternoon: "The gradual resumption of school operations for the pupils in the final grades is an important signal in the direction of responsible normality." The first feedback from the schools showed that the start had been successful .
The NRW state chairwoman of the Education and Science Union (GEW), Maike Finnern, sees high health risks for the students. “Health protection is not guaranteed everywhere in schools. We take a very high risk, ”Finnern told Rheinische Post. The distance rules could not be adequately controlled, as could hygiene standards, as schools would have reported.
NRW School Minister Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) said in the afternoon: "The gradual resumption of school operations for the pupils in the final grades is an important signal in the direction of responsible normality." The first feedback from the schools showed that the start had been successful .
The NRW state chairwoman of the Education and Science Union (GEW), Maike Finnern, sees high health risks for the students. “Health protection is not guaranteed everywhere in schools. We take a very high risk, ”Finnern told Rheinische Post. The distance rules could not be adequately controlled, as could hygiene standards, as schools would have reported.
High school graduates can decide for themselves whether to come to class
The "School Boycott NRW" campaign alliance also described school openings and school-leaving exams as irresponsible. Schools could not meet hygiene standards in the short term.
The school ministry had previously expected a maximum of 250,000 out of a total of 2.5 million students who will be returning to class on Thursday. The nationwide nearly 90,000 prospective high school graduates can decide themselves whether they want to come back to school because they would have had no lessons after the Easter break anyway. At the Carolus Magnus high school, around 70 of the 80 high school graduates want to take part in the class. From May 12, Abitur exams are due.
Tobias is the only one in the IT course who wears a mouth and nose guard. "My father and brother have asthma," he says. However, it is now important for the 18-year-old to start class before the exams - this gives him more security, especially since the previous online lessons for high school graduates are now a thing of the past. He discussed at home in the family, now he is taking part - but with great caution.
At other schools such as the Joseph-König-Gymnasium in Haltern in the Recklinghausen district, schoolchildren of the Abitur class sit down at widely spaced tables in the classrooms in the morning. In contrast to the students in Übach-Palenberg, they voluntarily wear mouth and nose protection.
The school ministry had previously expected a maximum of 250,000 out of a total of 2.5 million students who will be returning to class on Thursday. The nationwide nearly 90,000 prospective high school graduates can decide themselves whether they want to come back to school because they would have had no lessons after the Easter break anyway. At the Carolus Magnus high school, around 70 of the 80 high school graduates want to take part in the class. From May 12, Abitur exams are due.
Tobias is the only one in the IT course who wears a mouth and nose guard. "My father and brother have asthma," he says. However, it is now important for the 18-year-old to start class before the exams - this gives him more security, especially since the previous online lessons for high school graduates are now a thing of the past. He discussed at home in the family, now he is taking part - but with great caution.
At other schools such as the Joseph-König-Gymnasium in Haltern in the Recklinghausen district, schoolchildren of the Abitur class sit down at widely spaced tables in the classrooms in the morning. In contrast to the students in Übach-Palenberg, they voluntarily wear mouth and nose protection.
Classrooms are not enough in some cases
What if, despite all caution, there should be the first Corona case among the students? "At the slightest doubt, I close the whole shop," headmaster Hans Münstermann in Übach-Palenberg leaves no doubt as to what will happen - he would insist on it from the district government.
The school building in Übach-Palenberg still looks quite deserted. How the business should run if all 650 students were to return during the Corona epidemic - the headmaster has no idea yet: Because of the multiple division of the classes, the front and back rooms would not be enough, and neither would the staff. At the start of school, 20 percent of his staff are not there. According to the school ministry, only those who do not belong to a risk group should teach.
Nevertheless, School Minister Gebauer would like to see all students in the classes again until the summer holidays: "This is my big wish, this is my big goal. It will of course be the big challenge, ”she told the NRW local radio. But that depends crucially on the further development of the pandemic and the further decision of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
The school building in Übach-Palenberg still looks quite deserted. How the business should run if all 650 students were to return during the Corona epidemic - the headmaster has no idea yet: Because of the multiple division of the classes, the front and back rooms would not be enough, and neither would the staff. At the start of school, 20 percent of his staff are not there. According to the school ministry, only those who do not belong to a risk group should teach.
Nevertheless, School Minister Gebauer would like to see all students in the classes again until the summer holidays: "This is my big wish, this is my big goal. It will of course be the big challenge, ”she told the NRW local radio. But that depends crucially on the further development of the pandemic and the further decision of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
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