According to the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, remote education will take place in all areas of the country where the daily operation of schools is suspended.
All public and private schools of Primary and Secondary Education throughout Attica will remain closed tomorrow, Monday, due to the strong bad weather that has been affecting most areas of the country for the last few hours, by the decision of the regional governor of Attica Giorgos Patoulis.
All the children’s and nursery centers of Attica will also be closed, following a unanimous decision of the Mayors under their jurisdiction. The specific decision was taken with the aim of protecting the educational community (students and educational staff) from possible travel risks, to and from the school units.
Specifically, schools will remain closed tomorrow in:
MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS
Due to the bad weather “Barbara” and with the safety of the children as a priority, tomorrow, Monday, February 6, all the Nursery Centers of the Athens Municipal Nursery will be closed.
Also, according to the relevant decision of the Region of Attica (which concerns all the schools of Attica), the primary and secondary schools of the Municipality of Athens will also remain closed tomorrow.
MUNICIPALITY OF KALAVRYTON
The schools of the municipality of Kalavryta will remain closed tomorrow, Monday, by the decision of the deputy governor of Achaia, Charalambos Bonanou. The decision was taken due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing in the area and the risks created for the movement of students and teachers to and from the school units.
PIRAEUS MUNICIPALITY
Following a decision by the Region of Attica, all public and private schools of Primary and Secondary Education will remain closed in the Municipality of Piraeus, tomorrow Monday, February 6, due to the difficult weather conditions.
In addition, following the proposal of the President of PEDA, Mr. Markopoulos, and with the agreement of the Mayor, Mr. Moralis, the Nursery Schools of the Municipality of Piraeus, like all municipalities, will remain closed tomorrow.
MUNICIPALITY OF KANTANO – SELINO
Schools and kindergartens in the Municipality of Kantanou – Selino will remain closed tomorrow Monday due to the bad weather that is expected to hit the area.
As stated in the relevant announcement of the municipality, “in view of the upcoming bad weather Barbara, all Primary and Secondary Education schools of the Municipality as well as Kindergartens will remain closed on Monday 06.02.2023, by decision of the Mayor”.
MUNICIPALITY OF OROPEDIOU- LASITHIOU
By decision of the mayor of Oropedi, Yiannis Stefanakis, due to the adverse weather conditions, school units of all levels of education in the municipality will remain closed, while children’s nurseries will not operate. There will be an update on Wednesday, February 8th.
ANOGEIA MUNICIPALITY
The Municipality of Anogeia informs that tomorrow, Monday, February 6, 2023, all school units and the kindergarten will remain closed due to the snow and low temperatures. The structures of KIFI and KDAP will also remain closed. The social services of the Municipality will take care of the custody of the elderly. Depending on the course of the bad weather, there will be an announcement for the next few days.
MUNICIPALITY OF KASTORIA
Classes in the schools of the municipality of Kastoria will start later, tomorrow, Monday, February 6, 2023, due to the low temperatures. According to an announcement by the municipality, the schools of Primary and Secondary Education of the municipality of Kastoria, by decision of the mayor, will start their operation at 09:15 in the morning.
Evia and Fthiotida
It was decided by the deputy regional governor of Evia Giorgos Kelaiditis and by the deputy regional governor of Fthiotida Ilias Sanidas to close all schools for two days due to adverse weather conditions as in addition to heavy snowfall there is strong frost.
As far as Boeotia is concerned, decisions are expected to be issued by the Mayors by the evening for certain areas where schools will be closed and the same is expected to exist for Fokida as it is not deemed necessary to close all schools in the whole prefecture.
Municipality of Ilio
The Schools and Kindergartens of the Municipality of Ilio will remain closed on Monday 06.02.2023
The Municipality of Ilio informs that, by decision of the Region of Attica, Primary and Secondary Schools in Attica will remain closed on Monday, February 6, 2023, due to the bad weather “Barbara”, as well as the Kindergartens for precautionary reasons, by decision of the Regional Union Municipalities of Attica (PEDA), which has the authority.
Suspension of the daily operation of schools – The course is tele-educated
The office of the General Secretary of Primary, Secondary and Special Education of the Ministry of Education and Religion, Alexandros Koptsis, announces:
Tomorrow, Monday 06.02.2023, in all areas of the country where the operation of school units is suspended for life following decisions of Municipalities or Regions, remote education will take place.
As it is clarified “All the Principals and teachers of the schools have been informed to ensure that the relevant links and the programs that will take place tomorrow are sent to the students within the day
Patoulis: Our first priority is the safety of students and educational staff
“Our first priority is the safety of the students and the educational staff”, stressed the regional governor, Giorgos Patoulis, in the meeting that preceded the decisions, as the severe weather phenomena that began to manifest themselves this morning in Attica, according to the meteorological forecasts, will worsen the next 24 hours
The decision was taken with the aim of protecting the educational community (students and educational staff) from possible travel risks, to and from school units.
At the same time, the fact of movement to and from areas of the prefecture of Attica that face particular problems due to snowfall, snow cover and frost was taken into account. The decision is also in line with the instructions of the competent Civil Protection Service, citizens’ movements should be limited to avoid accidents and traffic congestion phenomena.
Finally, the decision was deemed necessary to ensure the required time for the cleaning of the roads of the Prefecture, as well as the forecourts of the school units.
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