Luxembourg's Ministry of Education, Children and Youth has announced that upper secondary school classes will once again be held face-to-face after the Pentecost holiday.
Luxembourg is already one of the European countries to have provided the most face-to-face education during the COVID-19 pandemic. A further step towards normality will be taken after the Pentecost holiday, with the return of students from upper secondary classes to their schools, according to their normal weekly schedule, in their complete classes. This step is made possible by the current health situation and the increase in the frequency of rapid antigent tests, which are believed to provide greater safety in schools.
Since 30 November 2020, 4th to 2nd year secondary school students have been alternating between between face-to-face and distance learning. From 31 May 2021, classes will again operate as normal (full classes), face-to-face.
This decision is expected to allow young people to reconnect with a regular school life, safely through the use of rapid tests and the continuation of the sanitary measures in force, such as compulsory mask wearing.
Students and staff of public and private schools applying the national programmes have been self-testing once a week since 19 April 2021. In order to take full advantage of this instrument to fight coronavirus, the school community will be invited to self-test twice a week from 31 May 2021, in addition to other screening methods.
Secondary school students will self-test twice a week, in their school building, under the supervision of a teacher.
Primary school pupils from cycle 2 will continue to self-test once a week at school. They will receive a second kit to use at home with their parents. Cycle 1 students currently receive a kit each week, to be carried out with their parents at home. They will receive a second one, which should also be used at home.
Further information on the use of rapid tests in schools is available at www.edutesting.lu.
