ABSTRACT
Introduction: The coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) caused
an unprecedented
crisis in the area of education, causing the massive closure of classroom activities by educational institutions in more than 190 countries. By mid-May 2020, more than 1.2 billion students at
all levels of education world- wide
have stopped taking face-to-face classes. Therefore, the reopening of schools,
colleges, and universities during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a special
challenge worldwide in order to ensure the safety of students and staff. The
guidelines need to outline the creation of a task force at each university,
risk screening based on school, travel history, occupation, contacts, groups,
and self-management. Objective: In this way, the present work had as
objective to propose a guideline of return to the face-to-face classes based on the main regulatory criteria of government
agencies in Brazil and the world. Methods: The present study
followed a review model of the main national
and international public health legislation as UNESCO, WHO and ANVISA. Development
and Strategies: According to the process of economic reopening in Brazil
and the world, the return to educational activities begins with the effective
need to develop an action plan inherent to this resumption, gradually and safely. The resumption requires several
strategic mea- sures adopted by the executive powers of all spheres of power (federal,
state and municipal), allowing at that moment the safe, but gradual, resumption
of economic activity, reducing the harmful and collateral effects in terms of
social inequality. Conclusion: Multiple intervention strategies at the
school and reductions in transmission in
the community, in addition to the extent achieved so far, will be
necessary to avoid the excessive undue risk associated with the reopening of
the school.
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Neto, T. , Anbar, D. , Anbar, I. , Anbar, J. and Filho, I. (2020) Guidelines for Return to Presential Classes: Consensus Proposal in Accordance with the National and International Health Regulatory Agencies.
Creative Education,
11, 2627-2638. doi:
10.4236/ce.2020.1112195.