The heat wave who just entered Mexico in the second week of Aprilhas caused various changes in the calendar published by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP). In some of the most affected states, announces a new schedule classesfor the well-being of students at the preschool level, primary and secondary. While others analyze whether suspend school activities due to high temperatures.
The Secretary of Education Guerrero (SEG) announces that there will be a change in the start and end times of schools in some municipalities of the Tierra Caliente Region, such as: Ciudad Altamirano, Coyuca de Catalán, Pungarabato and Tlapehuala. This new schedule implemented by the SEP of the entity, in preschool schools, primary and secondaryaims to avoid cases of dehydration due to heat wave. The owner Marcial Rodríguez Saldaña confirms that the students They will enter 15 minutes before 07:00 and will leave classes at 12:00, for the remainder of the month of April.
While in other states such as Coahuila, where the National Meteorological Service (SMN) predicts high temperatures with maximums of 40 degrees Celsius, the SEP analyzes modifying the school calendar for the month of April and make the decision about whether suspend the classes in person to protect the health of the student community, while this is still active. heat wave.
Are SEP classes suspended in primary and secondary school due to heat wave?
In the voice of its owner Emmanuel Garza, the SEP from Coahuila announces the measures that will be taken in the face of the intense heat wave that has been felt in the area during the second part of April. One of those that is under review is whether suspend the classes for preschool students, primary and secondarysince schools do not have air conditioning or any type of ventilation inside the classrooms.
You already started to feel the heat, we are preparing, we are going to establish the criteria in the coming days, on the issue of high temperatures, and how we are going to organize ourselves in the educational sector to address them. We will be informing you about it, with the levels and very specific conditions per level, we have the measures that were applied last year, and right now they are making adjustments to be able to have the special policy.
The person responsible for the SEP in the state indicated that in the coming days of April The criteria and measures on high temperatures will be announced; as well as the actions that will be taken in the educational system to ensure the well-being of the students. students of level primary and secondary. As soon as the document with the action protocol for the heat waveit will be known if suspend or not classes in the face of extreme weather.
Fishburn Heron announces that the measures could be similar to those taken in the last school year, when the SEP opted for lay off the classes in-person in schools and resume the distance model, in order to avoid outdoor activities during the heat wave. In the case of continuing to attend classrooms, teachers must not allow students to students play in the sun during recreation time, and cancel sports tournaments during the hours of greatest health risk due to sun exposure.