Uncertainty prevails over whether the schools will finally open on January 10, as announced, which has caused a stir.
Speaking about the issue on SIGMA's show "Protoselido", Costas Hadjisavvas, President of OELMEK, stated that it is an issue for which we have made statements yesterday. It must be clarified that the Elementary School is different, the High School is different and the Lyceum is different ".
This year, he said, all three classes of the Lyceum will attend exams, while the main issue is the graduates, "who have experienced all three years of the pandemic".
The Ministries of Education and Health, as well as the Specialists, should immediately clarify whether the schools will be opened or whether the examinations will take place.
"They also play with the psychology of children. "A decision should be made immediately", he stated characteristically.
He stressed the importance of the exams, noting that they are also related to the children's diploma.
The students were also preparing for the exams during the festivities, he said, characteristically stating, "here we are talking about exams. "It's one thing if the schools open, it's another if the exams take place."
The decision, he concluded, belongs to the competent Ministries and the Specialists.
The President of POED, Myria Vassiliou, also spoke about the issue.
As he said, the POED is on alert seeing the number of cases, however, any decision concerns the competent and the Specialists.
In each case, they have seized it, despite obstacles we can scarcely imagine. "
"Of course schools are important to be open, children are important to be in the classroom with teachers, but in safe conditions and with adequate staffing."
He stressed that the phenomenon of understaffing was strongly observed before the schools closed for the festive period.
"The Ministry must see the issue. "The request is to make a proper mapping of the situation and the Ministry to provide immediate solutions in cases where there is a need for replacements," he said.