Primary school classroom in Spain
Primary school age children will soon be vaccinated.
Union demanding Covid booster jabs for teachers
Priority after vulnerable people and health workers.
Simpler protocols as school Covid cases increase
Almost all cases are pupils under the age of 12.
Health minister believes school masks rule will soon be lifted
Patricia Gómez was speaking about the wearing of masks outdoors.
Schoolchildren in Mallorca
Masks indoors and outdoors for Mallorca's schoolchildren.
Parents considering protests against school masks rules
Over 6,000 signatures in petitioning for an end to masks having to be worn outdoors.
Call for an end to masks for schoolchildren when outdoors
Various regions of Spain have dropped the requirement.
A return to school "more normal" than last year
Over 70% of students aged 15 to 19 have been double vaccinated.
Start of the school year in Mallorca
The school year starts this Friday.
School year starting and it is "very different" to last September
Covid measures are being maintained, such as the obligatory wearing of masks.
Cost of the return to school has increased by 100 euros
Covid precautions are adding to the cost.
Satisfaction with high vaccination rate among school students
66% of pupils aged 12 to 15 have had their first jab.
No isolation for vaccinated pupils in close contact with positive cases
A rule that will encourage vaccination of the over-12s.
In Mallorca the schools are a lot about money and if you are not prepared to pay a large amount of money
In Mallorca the schools are a lot about money and if you are not prepared to pay a large amount of money
School in Menorca
Pupils over the age of six need to wear masks; outdoors they can be removed if there is the required social distancing.
Minister "confident" about the new school year
Face-to-face teaching is the objective for the coming school year.
Balearics have the highest percentage of vaccinated students in Spain
An estimated 70% of school students will have been fully vaccinated by the start of the academic year.
Covid temperature testing in Mallorca schools
Protocols in schools have worked well.
Schools have been "firewalls" against Covid transmission
Just 1.5% of outbreaks have been exclusively within schools.
Underperforming at school
Underperforming at school.
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