TEL AVIV, Sep 1: Over 2 million Israeli students will return to schools on Tuesday amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Education Ministry has come up with stringent guidelines on how the school year should be conducted. While younger children have been divided into smaller groups and will attend school between five to six days a week, the older students will conduct most of their studies at home, Xinhua news agency reported.
Through a campaign called "studying safely", the Ministry has conveyed the guidelines to parents and students through varying media.
Children of the fourth grade and above will be obligated to wear a mask at all times.
Israel has one of the highest proportion of young students in the world, but expenditure on education is not high, which leads to crowded classrooms. - IANS
