In Irkutsk region, due to severe frosts, they reminded about school attendance recommendations, for lower grades classes should be limited already at minus 30 C, for grades 5 to 9 at minus 35 C, and for high school students at minus 40 C. Schools and kindergartens continue to operate normally, and parents make the final decision on attending classes. Authorities also urged stronger monitoring of heating and water supply systems to prevent freezing.
The holidays continue. Severe frosts are a perfectly valid reason. Recommendations from the Ministry of Education of the Irkutsk Region on maintaining the temperature regime have been sent to the heads of municipal education authorities in the region. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Education of the Irkutsk Region, Maksim Parfenov.According to the document regulating school attendance at general education institutions during severe frosts, it is recommended to limit classes at temperatures of -30°C for primary school students, at -35°C for students in grades 5-9, and at temperatures down to -40°C for high school students. In addition, school administrators must strengthen control over heat and power supply sources and prevent the freezing of heating and water supply systems.
The decision on whether children attend the educational institution is made by parents; all schools and kindergartens are operating as usual, and no violations of the thermal regime have been reported, the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region reports.