The damage was done

To date, the discussion about returning to face-to-face classes continues, but the damage has been done. The Mexicanos Primero Association reports the backlog in math and reading, supports the position of returning to the classroom, but provided they cover five hours per week …

The lack of an adequate and timely strategy will have an impact on at least two generations of children and young people who in the last two school cycles have not had the necessary conditions for learning, development, physical, mental and coexistence; among other limitations due to lack of tools, space and monitoring.

The swings of the pandemic have shown the incompetence of the educational authorities from the beginning and to date.

In the first stage, despite having more than three months to prepare for the arrival of Covid-19, they bet on television classes that would be useful for a short period of time, but not for the second. part of the school year.

There was time to work on a project to expand Internet networks, with an agreement with specialized companies and the CFE network. There was time to buy tablets or personal computers. Do you know that public sector teachers did not have computer equipment or resources to prepare materials?

Thousands of children were condemned to follow their classes through their parents’ cell phones, many others had the dedication of many teachers who provided personal follow-up.

With everything and the impact on the variants, the pandemic in Mexico was somewhat predictable because it gave a margin that was not used to make preparations.

When the decision was made in the world to return to face-to-face classes, the need was realized that teachers and students in schools be tested, classrooms adapted to ensure healthy distance, ventilation, water, soap, gel and masks .

Impossible, hundreds of campuses in Mexico have been vandalized, everything has been stolen from them, the water problem continues with a pandemic and without a pandemic.

To date, the discussion about returning to face-to-face classes continues, but the damage has been done. The Mexicanos Primero Association reports the backlog in math and reading, supports the position of returning to the classroom, but provided five hours a week, at least five hours of class, and with conditions ranging from with soap and water, disinfectants, masks, ventilation, a learning reinforcement program and socio-emotional support, among others.

There are thousands of children and young people with a strong impact due to restraint, inactivity and isolation; it will not be easy to redirect them or equate them with other classmates who have had a better use, the academic gap that will have a greater impact between students in private and public schools is already a reality.

Dropout is another problem, it has been recorded at virtually all levels, with greater emphasis on middle and high school, it will be difficult for them to return to the classroom.

In addition to the lack of equipment and tools, tests and vaccinations need to be added.

Tests were simply not available and vaccines have been denied to children since the presidency.

There is no doubt that everyone in the world bears the consequences of the pandemic, but the impact is much greater in the two generations who spent two years of their lives and almost two school years without resources or proper attention.

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Juan Maria Navaja

Communicator

on the edge

He is an analyst, consultant and lecturer. Author of the book Radio Journalism an Inconclusive Review, Editorial Porrúa and co-author of Political Communication 2.1 model to compile, Editorial Etcétera.



Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx

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