Critical Face-to-Face Education Statement from the Minister of National Education

He was a widely discussed topic because of his insistence on face-to-face training in the first periods he took office. Mahmut Özer, Minister of National Educationmade comments on the agenda. Minister Özer also evaluated the increasing number of cases due to the Omicron variant. face whether face-to-face training will be interrupted also announced.

The Omicron variant has started to show itself in Turkey as well. So much so that the number of cases, which has been in the band of 20 thousand for months, as of yesterday. Over 36 thousand. As such, it was a matter of curiosity whether the transition to distance education would be made. In the statements made by the Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer, such a thing is not on the agenda at the moment expressed.

“As of now, it is not on our agenda to take a break from face-to-face education”

Mahmut Özer, in his statements on the subject, said:All countries are pushing to keep schools open by tightening measures in out-of-school settings. trying to take every precaution We are equally determined. However, we should give more weight to measures outside of school. Therefore, as of now, it is not on our agenda to suspend face-to-face education.. Of course, we follow the process closely. We attach more importance to masks, distance and hygiene in schools.”

The Minister of National Education also spoke about the classes that had to take a break from face-to-face education due to the cases. Mahmut Özer, who gave the figure, said, “In the system we developed, we managed the class-based process, following the case and close contacts only. at grade level We took a 10-day break from face-to-face training. So far, the process has been quite successful. For about 4 months, we have been able to continue training 5 days a week without interruption. In this process, the number of classes closed in schools was well below 1 percent in total. Today, face-to-face education has been suspended in only our 1524 classrooms. Considering that we have 850 thousand classes this figure is quite low.” said.