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What does the return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic look like?
What children, parents and professionals need to know about school reopening in the age of coronavirus.
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The pandemic has caused the most catastrophic disruption to education in history. It is therefore vital that classroom-based learning continues uninterrupted.
Expert recommendations
To help keep schools open and safe, WHO, UNICEF and UNESCO have endorsed a set of eight expert recommendations developed by the WHO European Technical Advisory group for schooling during COVID-19.
- Schools to be among the last places to close and first to re-open.
- Put in place a testing strategy.
- Ensure effective risk-mitigation measures.
- Protect children’s mental and social well-being.
- Protect the most vulnerable and marginalized children.
- Improve the school environment.
- Involve children & adolescents in decision-making.
- Implement a vaccination strategy designed to keep children in school.