The Jalisco government will permit schools in the state to schedule voluntary ”academic monitoring groups” for up to nine students at a time, as of March 1.
In addition, certain open-air cultural and sports activities can resume, also in small groups.
Authorities insist the measure does not constitute a return to face-to-face classes. Two weeks ago, in announcing a new strategy to confront the Covid-19 pandemic for the rest of 2021, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro ruled out in-person classes for all students until the start of the next academic cycle in August, emphasizing that “the conditions aren’t right.”
Jalisco Education Secretary Juan Carlos Flores Miramontes said a major aim of the new measure is to support students who for various reasons are struggling to keep up academically via remote learning, as well as reduce the drop-out rate of students.
The group sessions, which will last for a maximum of 40 minutes, will provide “diagnosis, feedback and assessment support” for students and their teachers, a government press release said.
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