77 public schools in Lima do not have face-to-face assured, says Minedu

An alarming news, after the head of the Regional Directorate of Education of Metropolitan Lima (DRELM), Luis Alberto Quintanilla, announced that 77 public schools in the city of Lima will not be able to open their doors to receive schoolchildren.

In this regard, he said that more than 70 schools are not assured of returning to face-to-face classes after two years of distance education after the arrival of the COVID-19.

“We have 77 educational institutions in Metropolitan Lima that lack electricity, lack basic services. We have volunteers from different sectors. For example, there are Volunteers for Education, there are NGOs that have participated in the cleaning and recovery of school premises and right now they are working in those 77 schools so that the children, on the 28th of this month, can return in the best conditions,” he told TV Perú Noticias.

On the other hand, Luis Alberto Quintanilla estimated that by March 28, 1,150,000 students are expected to return to the classroom.

“More than 700,000 children from the public school of Lima Metropolitan return this Monday 14th, then about 300,000 on Monday 21st and on Monday 28th approximately 150,000 children. With them we will cover 100% of school-age children in Metropolitan Lima,” he explained.

According to a report by the Ministry of Education (Minedu), more than 2,100,000 students are scheduled to return to classes in person at schools in Lima, capital.

In addition, he said that on Monday 14 more than 900,000 students of Basic and Technical Productive Education from public schools returned to classes without major problems.

This group of students represents 70% of the entire student population of Metropolitan Lima, and the remaining 30% will return to the classroom between March 15 and 28.

PEDRO CASTILLO PARTICIPATED IN THE RETURN TO SCHOOL

The President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, participated this Monday, March 14, in the return to face-to-face classes 2022 from the region of Saint Martin, where he was enthusiastic, after the students were away from the classroom for two years.

“I am going to the San Martín region to participate in the start of the 2022 School Year, ″ the president noted on his social networks.

“Ministers will simultaneously monitor this return to school in 19 regions of the country. This return is a commitment by the Government to quality education throughout the territory,” he added.

In this regard, Castillo Terrones, stated that education is not a task that falls solely to the Ministry of Education (Minedu), but a task shared by all sectors of society and argued that the government is fighting for children and young people to return to school after the pandemic.

“No child should be discriminated against, education should be a fundamental right of the people,” he said. For his part, Minister Serna thanked the educational community and the regional and local governments for the joint work they have done with Minedu to overcome shortcomings and problems inherited from other governments, to make it possible to reopen schools after two years.

Recall that more than four million basic education students from public schools started face-to-face or blended classes on March 14 in various regions of the country, including Lima.

Faced with this, the head of Minedu said that there are four million 289,233 students from public schools, representing 63 per cent of the total, which is six million 797,295, who will return to the classroom.

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