Today on Please Explain, education reporters Natassia Chrysanthos and adamlcarey join _Biancah to look at the return to school in very unusual circumstances podcast schools Omicron
Millions of school students have returned to classrooms this week after two years of interrupted learning thanks to COVID-19.
Students in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra will be provided with free rapid antigen tests, while in other states students will need to monitor for symptoms and test if symptoms appear. There are new rules around masks, too. Teachers will have to monitor mask use, as well as behaviour and teaching the curriculum.
There are hopes schools will, in the main, stay open, with NSW and Victoria no longer treating school and workplaces as close contacts for the purposes of contact tracing. But amidst all this, there’s widespread acceptance that case numbers will rise, which is leaving some parents, educators and students nervous., education reporters Natassia Chrysanthos and Adam Carey join Bianca Hall to look at the return to school.Becoming a subscriber also gets you exclusive behind-the-scenes content and invitations to special events. Click on the links to subscribe to