The schools that will not operate with student physical attendance will implement distance learning tomorrow and Friday, due to the extreme weather phenomena, as the Ministry of Education said. E-learning is planned to be implemented in the morning, for both Primary and Secondary Education.

As announced by the office of the Secretary-General of Primary, Secondary Education and Special Education of the Ministry of Education, Alexandros Koptsis, ” tomorrow Thursday, January 27, 2022, and Friday, January 28, 2022, in all regions of the country where the operation of schools has been suspended after decisions of Municipalities or Regions, e-education will be implemented, in order to provide sufficient time for the restoration and functionality of the schools. In other areas, schools will operate normally. ”

What will happen to the self-tests

On the first day that the schools will open, after the end of the bad weather in Attica and the other affected areas, the students will have to present a negative self-test. This means that wherever the schools reopen from tomorrow Thursday, students will have to take a self-test tonight while if they go for Friday tomorrow and so on.

Distance learning in 90% of classes on Monday – What OLME says

Thousands of students and teachers returned to distance education at the beginning of the week, on Monday, due to bad weather. According to data from the Ministry of Education, 46,000 classrooms operated via e-learning. In total, the classes that remained closed due to snowfall on the first day of the week amounted to 50,900 out of 80,000 classes across the country.

The participation in distance education reached 90%, while according to the data that reached the competent Directorates, some departments faced technical problems.

Greek secondary school teachers‘ union (OLME) is meeting today on e-learning and its implementation, while the Greek Primary Teacher’s Federation (DOE) has expressed its reaction to compulsory distance learning in schools closing due to bad weather.