The government team concerned with the procedures to tackle the Corona Virus approved the Ministry of Higher Education‘s vision for the restoration of universities and institutes as of May 31, 2020.
According to the decision, the course starts at the university at nine thirty in the morning and extends until the end of the lectures in the evening, including Saturday, according to the program of each college.
The date for the start of theoretical exams in universities has been set as a “second semester” on 9-8-2020, theoretical exams “a second semester” for students of the preparatory year on 15-8-2020 and the date of the beginning of theoretical exams in technical institutes on 26-7-2020 and the start of completing the students ’exams Open education for the first semester on 5/31/2020.
The vision of higher education includes dividing students into groups where the number of students in each runway, classroom or laboratory does not exceed the number that guarantees health safety and achieves divergence, provided that theoretical lectures on CDs are prepared in all colleges and distributed to students and develop a program of office meetings Among the professors and students to answer the students ’inquiries and questions and announce it on the website of the college. The teachers were stressed on setting objective questions that are appropriate to the content of the scientific subject presented to the student and increasing the optional questions.
The vision also included imposing health safety procedures related to sterilizing all university facilities before starting work periodically and setting up devices to check students’ heat at the entrances of colleges and sterilization materials at the entrance to each college to sterilize hands and continue to close university seminars and stop all activities and prevent gatherings before and after lessons and a committee was assigned to Each college is from the college administration, the National Union of Syrian Students and the Teachers Syndicate to follow health safety procedures.
It was also decided during the team’s meeting today, headed by Eng. Imad Khamis, Prime Minister, to conduct the national examination for colleges of human medicine on June 13 and 20 next, with the date for the national exams for the Faculties of Pharmacy and Dentistry to be determined later.
The government team discussed extensively the restoration of mass transportation and the importance of tightening health safety procedures followed as these media are one of the most important tools for transmitting HIV infection globally alongside social events.
It was agreed to restart all mass transport modes in the public and private sectors ” operating and stopping” and buses of tourist transport companies and unified transport buses in each governorate for transportation between cities and rural areas for a period of three months, starting next Sunday, on the tenth of this month, to reduce congestion and achieve spatial spacing With adherence to the requirements of health safety, the provincial traffic committees have been mandated to organize public transport across the various lines between the countryside and the city and between the countryside and within the cities, with the aim of enabling the needy citizens to secure their needs.
The government team discussed the Ministry of Tourism‘s vision to partially restart the tourist establishments and restaurants after Eid Al-Fitr, and the ministry was asked to segment the tourist work sectors according to the type of service it provides to consider the possibility of operating it after a month from its date.
The team discussed the proposal of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to resume the activities of community centers and youth empowerment centers with a commitment to preventive measures, where it was decided to re-examine the issue after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday and according to the reality of the spread or decline of the virus.
The Ministry of Interior has also been approved to return a number of services in the areas of civil affairs, immigration and passports.
He also discussed the Ministry of Culture‘s vision to reopen cultural centers, cinemas and theaters. The study of this topic was postponed until after Eid Al-Fitr and it was decided to postpone all public and private periodic exhibitions and conferences, including Book Fair and Damascus International Fair.
It was stressed the importance of all steps and procedures to restore economic and service activity compatible with the high responsibility, concern and awareness of citizens and the need to adhere to personal protection and health safety conditions in all professions and services.
The team reiterated its emphasis on excluding working mothers with children of kindergarten or kindergarten from working permanently in public authorities, and emphasizing the continuation of the imposed night curfew and the ban on movement between governorates until further notice.
Source : Sana
