When Luxembourg’s schools reopened after the nation-wide lockdown, the Ministry of Education recommended the thorough ventilation of classrooms. This is often easier said than done, teachers have told RTL.
It is clear that thorough ventilation remains key to reduce virus transmission risks at school, teacher Kelly Meris confirmed. Meris nevertheless lamented that, in many schools, it is not always possible to ventilate classrooms properly. She explained that windows cannot be opened in many schools. It is also often the case that teachers do not have a key to open windows in order to ventilate classrooms. She argued that the recommendation of the ministry is therefore difficult - not to say impossible - to implement. Minister of Education Claude must take responsibility and ensure that teachers have the possibility to open windows, she stressed.
She explained that teachers at her school in Cessange were forced to contact the mayor of the municipality to receive keys for the windows from the janitors. At the same time, many teachers are yet to receive a key, she said. She cited the example of one classroom that was not ventilated for an entire day. She consequently urged the ministry to intervene and to make sure that classrooms can be thoroughly ventilated whenever it is necessary. Meris stressed that many other schools are plagued by the same problem.
