translated from Spanish: Mineduc argued that return to face-to-face classes should be a priority but that “the system must be mixed and it is families who must choose”

The Minister of Education, Raúl Figueroa, referred to the start of classes from 1 March, after meeting with teachers, the Ombudsman’s Office, and the municipalities, within the framework of the Educational Advisory Council.
Figueroa said that “presence must be focus and objective, but the system must be mixed and it is families who must choose”, regarding face-to-face return to classes.
After the appointment it was concluded that return to face-to-face classes should be a priority, but that each holder will choose the modality. This morning, the Minister of Education said in dialogue with Channel 13 that 100% of the country’s educational establishments presented their operational plans, and that these are mixed strategies, combining the presence of students, meeting the capacity, with the distance classes, all depending on the deconfining stage in which the communes are located.
On the same occasion, the Minsal holder stated that “it is not that on the first of March all schools start operating in person, but that it is gradual, it is gradual, it is flexible and voluntary”.
“It’s the families who have to choose whether or not to go to face-to-face activities,” Figueroa said after this morning’s meeting.
Children’s Advocate Patricia Muñoz, who participated in the event, said that “return to face-to-face classes should be a country priority, the gaps that are suffering most vulnerable children and adolescents are a reality.”

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