Odesa schools switched to distance learning

Due to the deteriorating weather conditions and to ensure the safety of the participants in the educational process, schools in Odesa have been temporarily switched to distance learning.

This was reported by the press service of the Odesa City Hall.

They noted that the decision was made based on the results of a survey of parents, which showed that there was a need to organize the educational process in a remote format for the period of deteriorating weather conditions.

The educational process will be carried out remotely in accordance with the approved schedule.

"Interaction with students and parents, the transfer of educational materials and tasks will take place through the platforms, electronic resources and means of communication determined by the institutions. General secondary education institutions will have extra classes for children who cannot stay at home," the mayor's office said.

The mayor's office reported on the I - yellow level of danger in Odesa and the region. At night and in the morning of January 27, ice (6-19 mm), fog, visibility during the phenomena of 200-500 meters, and ice cover will remain. Gusts of east wind of 15-17 meters per second are expected at night.

Odesa residents were asked not to leave their vehicles under trees, power lines and on the grates of rainwater inlets. The danger of being in the beach area is also too high. Mine danger in the Black Sea is increasing due to the storm.

"There is a high probability that sea mines will be dislodged from their anchors and will be drifting along the coast. And uncontrolled mine detonation is quite likely, especially in stormy weather," the mayor's office noted.

The head of the Odesa regional military administration, Oleh Kiper, also announced the transfer of schools to distance learning.

After the shelling on January 19, schools in Odesa partially returned to full-time education. Prior to that, the Department of Education and Science of the Odesa City Council decided to recommend that school administrations in Odesa start teaching in person on January 12.

The day before, the Odesa Regional Military Administration recommended that educational institutions in the region, which planned to resume full-time education after the winter holidays, consider temporarily switching the educational process to a remote format from January 12 to 19 or extending the winter holidays for this period. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine also made similar recommendations.

At the end of last year, frequent and prolonged air raids, during which Odesa schoolchildren had to stay in shelters, led to the city switching to a mixed learning format. The city's schools and kindergartens were advised to organize classes and groups on standby, and to conduct the main classes in synchronous or asynchronous mode.

Кирило Бойко