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网民提醒王乙康 “别落入和杨莉明一样下场”

本月21日,教育部长王乙康在脸书发文,回答家长们有关让孩子复课的问题。 有些家长不放心孩子返校,希望孩子能继续居家学习。但王乙康强调,学校会尽力确保学生返校上课,包括学生进入学校须检查健康状况、让学生分组学习,确保学生保持良好卫生等。 他强调:“除非学生有健康问题的特定考量,否则我们不能让上不上学,成为一种自愿的行为。” 王乙康相信,冠状病毒19疫情直至疫苗面世为止,可能还会存在一段时间,且我们无法一直让孩子都待在家,不论是社交情感和心理健康上都是很严重的。 然而,也有网民Oliver Choy就在王乙康脸书留言感叹,目前让孩子上学关乎性命健康,只求王乙康不要落下“和杨莉明一样的下场”,然后自称缺乏先见之明。若有事就要担起责任。 也有网民建议,应该等等到阻断措施后看到防疫成效,才决定是否要复课,而当全国都还在面对疫情的风险,不应把孩童“带到前线”。 一些家长也留言认为,6月2日复课仍然太早,也有不少学前孩童仍待教育他们习惯戴口罩。 6月2日全国学校将复课,但首阶段只有中小学毕业班学生恢复每日返校上课。其余年级则会采取每周轮流返校制度。 学生和教职员也被要求戴口罩。