More students return to schools as 'second phase' of face-to-face starts

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With Turkish education institutions set to move to the second stage of in-person learning amid the Covid-19 pandemic, preschoolers are also to receive face-to-face education, the Education Ministry said Thursday.

According to the ministry, all preschool education institutions are to provide in-person education five days a week with six hours of activity time per day.

The ministry had sent a written statement to all 81 provinces of Turkey providing details on the second phase of in-person lessons.

Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 along with middle school students in grade 8 are to receive in-person education two days a week with a total of 12 hours of lessons.

Preparatory secondary classes and grade 12 students will also receive two days of face-to-face education with a total of 16 hours of lessons.

Preschool and first grade students started in-person education on September 21, while other students continued remote education. (RT/VK)