Today, over 90,000 students from South Tyrol return to the classroom. In most other regions, institutions reopen on the 13th, as advised by the ministry. The last to return to class on 20 September, the pupils of Calabria and Puglia.
The plan, developed by the Ministry, relating to the resumption of teaching activities also includes a specific chapter for physical education.
The text specifies that as regards the didactic activities of physical education / motor science e sports outdoors, he CTS it does not provide for the use of protective equipment for students in the white area, except for the interpersonal distance of at least two meters. For the same activities to be carried out indoors, adequate ventilation of the premises is required.
For carrying out motor sport activities in school gyms, the Committee distinguishes according to the color of the geographical areas.
Specifically in the white areas, team activities are possible but, especially indoors, individual activities must be privileged. In the yellow and orange zone, it is recommended that only individual activities be carried out.
The precautions already foreseen, for the school year 2020-2021, also provide for limit the use of the school premises exclusively to the realization of didactic activities.
So also this year, in the event that agreements have been made with the Local Authorities that own the gyms that provide for their use by external parties, the CTS considers these agreements to be considered only in the white area and, for the implementation of the same , adequate cleaning and sanitization must be ensured after each use.
On the other hand, in the case of unfavorable epidemiological situations (e.g. orange zone), the educational institutions and local authorities that own the properties will evaluate the opportunity to suspend the activities of external subjects, at least until the return to the white zone of the reference territory.
