What do parents say about the quick decision to let students in grades 1-6 go directly to school?

Yesterday afternoon, after hearing that the city allowed primary and sixth grade students to return to school, Ms. Vu Ha Ngan (Cau Giay) had to urgently find a way to pick up her children from her hometown to Hanoi to prepare for school.

Bringing her two children back to her hometown to live with her grandparents since Tet, in mid-February, when she heard that primary school children would return to school, she and her husband also planned to pick up the child. But then, Hanoi postponed letting the children go live learningTherefore, both husband and wife decided to let their daughter, who is in grade 6, and son in grade 3, continue to stay with her grandparents until now.

“Hanoi’s decision to send children from grades 1 to 6 to school is good news because they have had nearly a year of online learning at home. But this decision was made somewhat hastily, making it difficult for parents who are leaving their children to stay in the countryside with their relatives.”

According to Ms. Ngan, if the city lets children go to school again after the death anniversary of Hung Vuong, parents will also have time to return to their hometown to pick up their children to the city. But when there was only more than one day to manage, it was the middle of the week, and she and her husband had to rush to find a way to pick up the child.

“Today, even though he was busy, Grandpa still had to arrange to catch the bus to take both of them from his hometown to Hanoi to prepare for school. Because of the urgency, parents have not had time to prepare anything for their children, from clothes to utensils so that they can go back to school tomorrow.”

Schools clean up classrooms to get students ready to return.

Like Ngan, Mai Anh (Tay Ho) did not expect the city to make decisions so quickly.

“In the past, I advocated for my children to study online at home because of the stressful epidemic situation. Parents are also very afraid that their children will cross-infect each other when they go to school. However, recently, even when the children were at home, all three of them were still infected with Covid-19. Therefore, the risk of Covid-19 infection can happen anywhere,” Anh said.

When the school consulted on allowing students to return to school, Anh was one of 39 parents in the class who agreed to let their children go to school directly.

“My opinion at the moment is that I agree and really want my children to go to school. But teachers just launched the survey on two weekends, then on April 4 there was an instruction for students to return to school. This, I think is a bit rushed.”

According to Anh, this sudden decision has put her in a passive position, as her two eldest children have to go to school, while the 5-year-old child who has not been to school will not know who to send.

“Usually, when my parents go to work, the two older siblings will help their mother cook, clean the house and look after the younger brother. Now, when we go to school, but the kindergarten has not reopened, it is also very difficult to find someone to look after the child.”

“Not in time” to ask her grandmother for help, Anh plans to temporarily send her child to the class group right in the apartment building for a few days, then the couple will continue.

The decision was made in a hurry, schools must also actively prepare conditions to be ready to welcome students back in person.

At Kim Dong Primary School (Ba Dinh), teacher Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, the school’s Vice Principal, said that in the past two days, the school had surveyed parents about sending their children to school online. next. Survey results show that the majority of parents agree to send their children back to school.

“It is very necessary for the children to go back to school right now. Although there are only 2 months left until the end of the school year, in fact, the children have had to go through a very long online learning process. In these last months, students need to focus on reviewing knowledge to prepare for the final exam. The interaction between her and the students face to face is very necessary”, Ms. Phuong said.

However, when students return, Kim Dong Primary School has not yet organized day-boarding. School leaders said, it is necessary to wait for the student’s enrollment to stabilize, then the school will consult with parents. Moreover, the school also needs to rely on the actual situation to organize the day-boarding work to ensure safety.

At Xuan Phuong Primary School (Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi), Ms. Le Thi Tuyet Lan, the school’s principal, said that after several “missing picks up” of students, up to now, all the preparations are ready. ready.

“On two weekends, when the district asked schools to get information about sending children to school directly and studying for 2 sessions a day, the school administration was also prepared mentally that it might organize a luncheon. boarding school as soon as the student returns.

Fortunately, all of the school’s chefs are local, so there is no shortage of staff. The organization of semi-boarding meals can be done from April 6.”

Ms. Lan also said that this morning, the school’s staff also checked the kitchen, gas cylinder for the last time, and heated hot water to wash all the trays and spoons to ensure safety. Sanitize when students return to school.

Xuan Phuong Primary School is ready to organize day meals when students return.

At Dich Vong B Primary School (Cau Giay), the school’s preparation for the return of students has also been fully implemented, from physical facilities to human factors.

Expectation, eagerness, excitement, etc. is the general mood of teachers in the school after receiving the notice that students will return to school directly.

“Yesterday, the classroom was thoroughly cleaned. School medical staff are also ready to work with the school to closely monitor the health of students when they return to face-to-face classes.

Along with ensuring their health, as soon as they come to school, students will be checked, reviewed, and enhanced their lessons, helping them not to have a gap in knowledge after studying online”, said Ms. Nguyen Thanh Huyen, School principal information.

Ms. Huyen also said that on the first day students return, the school will spend a certain amount of time to guide them to get used to and be ready for the best way to return to face-to-face learning.

Thuy Nga