Start the countdown to return to face-to-face classes in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and the province of Mendoza, the first two jurisdictions in the country to start with the new 2022 school year.
The return to school for students from Buenos Aires and Mendoza is scheduled for next Monday, February 21, 10 days before classes start face-to-face classes in all the country. Let us remember that the School Calendar 2022 It was scheduled for next Wednesday, March 2.
Close to 800 thousand students attending initial and primary education will return to the modality of face-to-face classes full as of Monday, under a new health protocol that will eliminate almost all the restrictions imposed last year to stop the wave of infections in the country.
The only health regulation that will remain in force in schools will be the mandatory use of chinstraps. “After several scientific studies, it was found that face-to-face classes do not represent a greater risk of contagion for the population,” indicated the authorities of the Buenos Aires government.
In addition, they pointed out that “the epidemiological situation in most of the districts of Buenos Aires is almost under control”, which allows full presence in all schools in the city.
Who goes back to school on Monday
In CABA, the return of the face-to-face classes It covers some 107,556 students at the initial level and 282,091 students at the primary school cycle.. While the other 198,836 secondary school students will return to their studies on Wednesday 2, as established by the 2022 School Calendar.
For its part, in the province of Mendoza, students at different school levels must return to school as of Monday, which translates into some 443,701 children and adolescents, according to data from the Mendoza Government.
Finally, to ensure better use of the new school year, most of the country’s regional governments announced a 10-day extension to the 2022 School Calendar. This means that now students will have 190 days of classes and not 180, as established by law. .
