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(Latvian Public Broadcasting) May 31 is the final school day for years 1 to 11. Some pupils will receive their grade reports remotely this year, some onsite. The unusual school year brought challenges and benefits, Latvian Radio reported.
In September, schools resumed work on site, following strict epidemiological security rules. The pupils were divided into groups or bubbles that didn t meet one another. But at the end of October, class 7-12 pupils returned to remote learning again. At the end of 2020, when Latvia experienced epidemiological crisis, school holidays were extended. In January, younger pupils also started learning remotely.
One of the most pressing issues this year was technological equipment. Many pupils lacked computers. In order to deal with this, Ministry of Education and Science, local governments, businessmen and schools themselves scurried to provide more computers.
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) said at a press conference March 10 that Latvia will be prepared for handling large volumes of vaccines immediately, LETA reported.
“Farmers Saeima” association representative Juris Lazdiņš told Latvian Television December 16 that food packages distributed to pupils during state of emergency should consist of local products.
Currently, pupils who are forced to learn remotely and also those at schools receive packed meals from municipalities.
Lazdiņš said that the content of food packages is currently very different from school to school. There are both well-composed packages and not so great, but we conceptually believe that there should be products from Latvian farmers and producers.
Why? There is a rather contradictory situation: on the one hand, the government takes loans to mitigate COVID-19 s influence in the sectors, there is aid, subsidized jobs. On the other hand, when buying Polish, Russian, Estonian, Lithuanian products for these packages, we contribute to these countries businesses, we encourage the preservation of other countries jobs, said Lazdiņš.