Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:58 PM
Leave of absence for school staff, students returning from H1N1 affected nations
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 23 June 2009 1521 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced several precautionary measures to deal with the H1N1 flu when schools reopen on June 29.
The MOE said it will issue a seven-day leave of absence to all school staff and students returning from affected countries on or after June 22. The measure will also apply to kindergartens and childcare centres.
The ministry said schools will remind all their staff and students to exercise social responsibility to declare their travel history if they have been to the affected countries.
It added that they are to stay at home for seven days before returning to school if they have visited the affected countries.
Speaking at a news conference, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said the ministry believes about one to two per cent of students and staff will return from the affected countries.
Dr Ng added that if clusters are found in schools, then some classes, or if necessary, the whole school will be closed for a period of time.
Singaporeans will have to be prepared for these disruptions as and when clusters are found.
Turning to specific measures in schools, the ministry said that when school reopens, there will be temperature taking twice daily until further notice.
There will also be screening of travel history. Schools will send travel declaration forms to all staff, parents of students, vendors and service providers before school reopens to update their travel history.
When schools reopen on Monday, teachers will check the travel declaration forms to ensure all students in the classroom have not travelled to affected countries.
- CNA/yt
so, no extended holiday T.T
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