The Minister of Education, Marco Antonio Avilaexplained his statements about the winter holidays for schoolchildren, which were brought forward and extended due to the increase in the circulation of respiratory viruses and the occupation of pediatric ICU beds.
The Secretary of State had commented to The Mercury that the additional week to rest days “are not vacations” and called on parents to keep their children at home “as far as possible.”
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The head of Education clarified his statements this Friday morning. “These vacations, which are clearly that, what I want to point out is that, in the deepest sense, they are not vacations that one understands (normally) as going out on the street, enjoying themselves, going to the cinema, going shopping or to a museum” , held.
“I want to say that it is quite a special vacation that could be understood more as a protection process, that is why we have invited families so that children are not necessarily outside their homes, because clearly what we want to avoid is the circulation of respiratory viruses,” he added.
Along these lines, he emphasized that “it is an exceptional measure given the rates of contagion (of respiratory viruses) that children are facing.”
Let us remember that the Ministries of Education and Health reported this week that the last day of the first semester for schoolchildren will be Wednesday, June 29. Meanwhile, students will return to classrooms on Monday, July 25.
In this way, between the regions of Arica and Parinacota and Los Lagos, the vacations will extend from two to three weeks. For its part, in the regions of Aysén and Magallanes, the three weeks off will be maintained.
