Hanoi schools face renewed challenge as Covid resurges
The number of staff infected with Covid or coming into contact with patients and requiring quarantining has increased dramatically in the past week, putting "unprecedented pressure" on its administrators and teachers, Kim No Primary School in Dong Anh District said.
As of February 23 it said 21 out of 70 employees had contracted the disease. Of its 1,934 students, nearly 200 are infected and over 400 others have been classified as F1 after coming in contact with infected people.
It switched some classes back online after a teacher was infected and infection and F1 numbers among students exceeded 60 percent.
Only seven out of 39 classes remain open.
But the school lacks the equipment for both in-person and online classes at the same time.
Bui Thi Sinh, its principal, said teachers are using a laptop to show slides and another device to live-stream the lecture to students at home.
While the school has sought additional funding from parents, it has not been able to find the money to buy the equipment needed to record lessons for online classes.
Some teachers have to borrow from others to provide online lessons, Sinh said.
Every day she receives many calls from parents of students in various grades entreating her to let their children study online to remain safe from Covid.
She expressed sympathy for their fears, especially with the number of infections climbing steadily in Hanoi.
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