The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) announced yesterday that all teachers and students are required to upload their negative rapid antigen test (RAT) results to their Macau Health Code before returning to school every day when classes resume next Monday, while those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 after November 28 will not be required to undergo a RAT.
A DSEDJ statement underlined that RAT kits have been distributed to schools for use by teachers and students alike.
The statement said that all schools will maintain the standard of a five-day suspension for every class with four COVID-19 cases detected in the class on the same day.
The statement noted that teachers and students with a red Macau Health Code or a positive RAT result will not be allowed to go to school. If a student has special circumstances, the statement added, especially for special education, early childhood education and junior primary school students, such after having a negative RAT result but still feeling discomfort or being affected by other adverse conditions in their recovery, the school may, at its discretion, process the application for their absence and make relevant adjustments for their educational assessment.
In order to ensure the smooth running of this coming weekend’s examination for local students who have been recommended to study at universities in the mainland and ensure that candidates are not affected by COVID-19, all candidates are required to undergo an RAT and report their Macau Health Code status daily from Friday through Sunday. On the two examination days, the statement said, candidates with a red Macau Health Code are required to take the exam online at home, while other candidates must take the exam in the respective examination rooms.
The bureau urged cross-border students to pay close attention to the latest travelling restrictions between Zhuhai and Macau and to the information issued by their schools to their parents.
Meanwhile, DSEDJ Director Kong Chi Meng told local reporters yesterday during a working visit to Pui Ching Middle School that over 50 to 60 percent of local students and about 70 percent of the city’s school teachers had tested positive for COVID-19. However, he underlined that so far most of the schools have met the requirement to resume classes.
This handout photo provided by the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) yesterday shows DSEDJ Director Kong Chi Meng (left) visiting Pui Ching Middle School in the morning.
