On Monday morning, 1st graders across Da Nang began returning to in-person classes, except for those living in areas at COVID-19 alert level 3. Primary schools citywide have made vital preparations to reopen after the months-long closure due to COVID-19.
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| First graders of the Ly Tu Trong Primary School in Hai Chau District are given nametags Photo: NGOC HA |
According to the school regulations, parents only pick up or drop off their children at schools’ gates. Students will undergo compulsory body temperature measurements and wash their hands with the use of sanitizer gel before entering classrooms.
During their study period at the school, students are reminded to follow the 5K recommendations, and take breaks in the classroom.
On the first day of school, teachers held a friendly and comfortable welcome ceremony for first graders and gave them with small gifts and candies, aimed at helping them forget timidity and bewilderment.
Along with first graders, this morning, students in grades 8 and 9 also went back to school for face-to-face instruction. COVID-19 safety and health protocols in line with the guidance from the Ministry of Education and Training, and the municipal departments of Education and Training, and Health are taken seriously by the schools.
According to the municipal Department of Education and Training, this morning, 19 primary schools (19%) and 10 secondary schools (17%) in Alert Level 3 areas were not allowed to resume their in-person instruction.
Three senior high schools and one continuing education center in the city switched to online teaching due to the alert level of COVID-19. One senior high school offered on-campus instruction for 12th graders, and remote instruction for 10th and 11th graders (due to many students are living in areas at COVID-19 alert level 3). About 75% of the total first graders citywide went to school on the first day of in-person classes.
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| First graders of the Hai Chau District-based Ly Tu Trong Primary School have their body temperature checked before entering their classes. |
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| Students in grade 1 of the Ngo May Primary School in Son Tra District are required to check their body temperatures with an automatic body temperature monitoring device which is installed at the entrance gate to school. |
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| The Be Van Dan Primary School’s Year 1 students are guided to disinfect their hands before entering classrooms |
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| A teacher of the Ngo May Primary School instructing a first grader to measure her body temperature automatically. |
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| The first learning sesson of 1st graders at the Phan Dang Luu Primary School based in Hai Chau District |
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| A teacher of the Ly Tu Trong Primary School in Hai Chau District instructing her students to wear face masks properly |
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| Teachers of the Hoa Phu Primary School in Hoa Vang District welcomed their first graders at the school gate. |
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| A learning session in grade 1 at the Hoa Phu Primary School in Hoa Vang District. |
Reporting by NGOC HA - Translating by M.DUNG
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