Naftalí Bennett assured that he could suspend attendance in schools

While Prime Minister Naftali Bennett did not guarantee complete continuity of the current school year, he promised to do everything in his power. Nearly 2.5 million Israeli students began classes on Wednesday, despite the high number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

According to the national government More than 90% of students were present in classrooms on the first day after the summer holidaysAnd due to current restrictions, around 210,000 children have been learning via Zoom.

During his tour of the Eli Cohen Meuhad School in Yeruham, Bennett explained: “The first day of school is always very emotional. I think we are all happy that the summer holidays are finally over.”.

He further added: “Together with the Ministries of Education and Health, we conducted the largest testing campaign in the history of the State of Israel. In one day, two million tests were conducted for all schoolchildren in Israel..

In addition, President Isaac Herzog also visited several schools. “I couldn’t have imagined that their first day would be so complicated, with masks, social distancing and yes, worries about quarantine and infection. His generation has experienced an unimaginable reality and they will be talking about it for decades to come.”explained the head of state.

According to the Ministry of Education’s plan Daycare centers, preschools and the first two primary school classes are regularly taught in personThis will happen five days a week at locations marked green, yellow or red, depending on the number of coronavirus infections.

Finally, according to the public broadcaster Kan, more than 90,000 students are still in quarantineThis is because they are infected or have had close contact with an infected person. More than half of those who tested positive on Monday were children between the ages of six and twelve.