From May 2, the winter schedule will be in force in schools in the altiplano

Since Tuesday May 2, winter school hours It will be in force in La Paz, Oruro and Potosí, and in the highlands of Cochabamba, Tarija and Chuquisaca, informed the Minister of Education, Édgar Pary. This winter schedule consists of delay entry -in the case of the morning shift- or advance departure -for the afternoon shift- to daily school work.

The measure obeys the recommendation of the Ministry of Health and the need to take care of the health of the students, before the high record of acute respiratory infections.

Pary asked that the use of the chinstrap in educational units and asked parents and teachers to control this biosecurity measure.

the minister ruled out that the date of the winter holidays be brought forward and that the virtual modality be resumed for classes. He asked to take advantage of the presence, to the fullest. He appealed for the tolerance of absences due to bad weather.

In addition, he recalled that the Wearing a school uniform is not mandatory., but the coat is; that is, that schoolchildren wear warm clothes during the cold season, as a way of preventing diseases.