Some Shanghai students will return to school in June

High school students in grades 11 and 12 in Shanghai can return to school from June 6, and Grade 9 students will return on June 13, the Shanghai Education Commission announced on Thursday.
College and senior high school entrance exams have been postponed from June to July due to the recent COVID-19 wave that hit the city, with the former now scheduled to take place from July 7 to 9 and the latter from July 11 to 12.
The resumption of in-person studies is a combined consideration of the city’s waning epidemic situation and students’ need to study together with teachers and classmates to prepare for the exams, said Yang Zhenfeng, deputy director of the commission.
Yang said that students’ health and safety will be prioritized when in-person classes resume, and various measures will be taken to ensure that.
Thorough disinfection and cleaning will be carried out multiple times before students return to their campuses. Nucleic acid testing workers will be stationed in each school in a closed-loop setup. Epidemic prevention materials for at least a month will be stored at each school. Authorities have required students to take an antigen test before arriving at school every morning as well as a nucleic acid test before leaving school on a daily basis. They also need to have their body temperature measured twice a day at school. “Grid management will be implemented on campuses. This means dividing different grades, classes and school function areas into grids to minimize the risk of infection,” said Yang. – CHINA DAILY