Monday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced that a total of 19 coronavirus cases were recorded in schools, nine of which were recorded among teachers, eight among students and two among administrative staff.

The MoE said the general rate of attendance by kindergarten, first and second grades, and Tawjihi students in private and public schools reached 60.3 percent Monday.

The MoE added that the percentage of adherence to health protocols by students, teachers and administrative staff in schools in Jordan reached 97.4 percent.

The ministry added that 15 percent of parents decided to keep their children home, as they chose distance learning over face-to-face learning. The ministry added that parents should not send their children to school if they show any COVID-19 symptoms.

The ministry called on everyone to adhere to the required health and safety measures, which include wearing face masks and social distancing to limit the spread of the virus.

A total of 178,840 students in the second grade returned to schools Monday in various public and private schools across Jordan.

However, K-2 students, in addition to Tawjihi students, went back to school Sunday. The general rate of attendance by kindergarten, first grade, and Tawjihi students in public schools on the first day of the second semester Sunday, was 49 percent, according to Qubeilat.

Qubeilat said that the highest school attendance rate was for first-grade students, at 63 percent, while the lowest attendance rate was for Tawjihi students at 37 percent.

Tuesday, third graders are set to make their return back to the classroom.

The first stage of the return plan, within the framework of the health protocol includes kindergarten students, the first three grades of school, and Tawjihi students, who are all set to be back in classrooms simultaneously Tuesday. The ministry estimated the number of students in this stage to reach about 773,812.

The second phase of returning to face education begins Feb. 21 and includes students from grades 10 and 11, followed by students from the fourth to ninth grades in the third phase on Mar. 7.

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