RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Costa Rican Ombudsman s Office asked the Government this Wednesday to suspend the school year to guarantee the right to health of children and adolescents the increase in cases of covid-19 that has been registered since April.
The Ombudsman s Office asked the President of the country, Carlos Alvarado, the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, and the Minister of Education, Guiselle Cruz, to decree an immediate suspension of the school year to protect students, as well as teachers and administrative staff.
The Ombudsman, Catalina Crespo, indicated that the saturation of different emergency units in . . .
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In context of International Women’s Day, Costa Rican leaders on Monday signed a decree to create a commission to address the country’s gender unemployment gap.
The objective of this commission is “to seek inter-institutional and inter-sectoral articulation, dialogue and the establishment of public-private agreements, as well as the formulation and implementation of policies, strategic actions and government programs aimed at promoting the equal participation of women in productive processes, to generate inclusive economic growth, gender equity and the eradication of economic poverty,” according to the decree.
The document was signed by President Carlos Alvarado, as well as by the Ministers of the Status of Women, Marcela Guerrero; of Economy, Industry and Commerce, Victoria Hernández; of Public Education, Guiselle Cruz; and of Labor and Social Security, Silvia Lara.
Some private schools in Costa Rica have already begun in-person lessons.
The Minister of Public Education, Guiselle Cruz, has argued in previous weeks that the return to classrooms is “unpostponeable.”
This reflects the difficulties Costa Rica experienced when trying to transition to online; in August 2020, five months after the country suspended in-person lessons, more than 475,000 students still hadn’t activated their online accounts.
Here’s what you need to know as the Costa Rican school year begins:
Classes will have hybrid model
Each education center can choose the teaching method that best fits its resources. Most will operate a hybrid model in which students go to in-person classes for up to four days each week. Students without reliable internet access should be prioritized for in-person learning.