Unions demand suspension of face-to-face classes in Costa Rica
Unions demand suspension of face-to-face classes in Costa Rica
San Jose, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) The unions of the education sector demanded on Friday to Costa Rica s Ministry of Public Education (MEP) to suspend face-to-face lessons, and go to distance learning until the current Covid-19 crisis defuses.
In February, the MEP started the 2021 school year using blending teaching a mixture of face-to-face-and virtual modality, but now, in view of peak of Covid-19 cases, the unions demand to only choose online classes.
The petition, disclosed in social networks, is signed by the Association of Secondary School Teachers, the National Association of Educators, the Union of Educators of Costa Rican Education and the Union of School Canteen Workers and Related.
Israeli data shows Pfizer jab reduces COVID-19 transmission by 89 per cent
22nd February 2021
The Times reports on the interim agreement signed yesterday between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, to extend UN inspectors’ access to its nuclear sites for three months. The agreement comes just before Iranian law on Tuesday requires the government to stop allowing the inspection at short-notice of declared or undeclared nuclear sites. However, the agreement will give IAEA officials less access and end their right to make snap inspections.
The Financial Times notes that new data from the Israeli Health Ministry suggests the COVID-19 vaccine made by BioNTech and Pfizer has been highly effective at preventing infection in Israel. The real world data showed that the vaccine was 89 per cent effective at preventing infection of any kind and 94 per cent effective against symptomatic infection. The initial clinical trial run by BioNTech and Pfizer found the vaccine was 95 per cent
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The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Entry to Israel was expected to be limited to 200 citizens per day starting next week, as top ministers agreed to further tighten travel restrictions, aimed at preventing new strains of the coronavirus from reaching the country, that have left thousands of Israelis stranded abroad.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Transportation Minister Miri Regev decided on the measure after they met Monday to discuss the looming expiration of an order requiring all those who arrive from abroad to quarantine in state-run hotels.
The Association of Secondary School Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has made a U-turn as it has re-entered Leaving Certificate talks with the Department of Education.
ASTI says representatives had constructive engagement with Minister
ASTI Gerneral Secretary Kieran Christie & ASTI President Ann Piggot at The Department of Education on Marlboro Street, Dublin.
The ASTI has said that representatives had “constructive engagement” with the Minister for Education and her officials on the Leaving Certificate today. The Association of Secondary School Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has said that work is being done with a view to finding a resolution to the current impasse.
Last night, the ASTI announced that it was withdrawing from discussions on the Leaving Cert 2021 pending a guarantee that the talks will focus on the Minister’s stated objectives of planning for examinations and scoping out a corresponding measure.