Seems that schools are taking the sensible decision to close to prevent an outbreak.  They know that whilst the majority of people report where they have been to, not everyone complies and hence it seems they have taken precautionary measures (since we know a lot of people travelled during the holiday season).

 

I've heard some schools are closed until 18th whilst others are 11th.  Has there been any official ruling from Chiang Mai government officials yet?  Perhaps we could list the schools here that we know of that have closed and for how long as a reference for people.

Varee School (Prathom Thai & English Programmes):  Start of term postponed to 15th January with online lessons from tomorrow (5th).  Have requested parents to keep children at home during this period.  By the look of it all other parts of the school are similar to Prathom.  The International Programme was due to return next week and has also been postponed.

 

I doubt that anyone can predict the reliability of the return date so it's just playing it by ear until further notice.

ABS & Unity are teaching online this week starting tomorrow and will review at the end of the week.

Chiang Mai University is online teaching or work at home until the 24th.  Noticed mask wearing is at nearly 100% now at the university so either mandatory or highly recommended by the university.

4 hours ago, stament said:

Seems that schools are taking the sensible decision to close to prevent an outbreak.

Agree...and yet Johnson says all the schools in England are safe.....very odd!

PTIS is also starting online on Wednesday

Prince Royal are starting online today but Dara won't start online until next week.

ABS are continuing to school online next week. Any updates from other schools?

The last communication re: Unity Concord (which is doing online classes this week) is that in-class learning will resume Monday unless there's a government-ordered shutdown.

On 1/4/2021 at 5:33 PM, Surelynot said:

Agree...and yet Johnson says all the schools in England are safe.....very odd!

Children are unlikely to get infected or spread the virus.

6 minutes ago, Albaby said:

Children are unlikely to get infected or spread the virus.

Children are LESS LIKELY to get infected, but still do get infected.

On 1/4/2021 at 3:40 PM, Greenside said:

Varee School (Prathom Thai & English Programmes):  Start of term postponed to 15th January with online lessons from tomorrow (5th).  Have requested parents to keep children at home during this period.  By the look of it all other parts of the school are similar to Prathom.  The International Programme was due to return next week and has also been postponed.

 

I doubt that anyone can predict the reliability of the return date so it's just playing it by ear until further notice.

My wife is a teacher in San Sai. School's open on Monday.

Update Dara won't return until 1st February.

 

ABS have extended online classes to next week too.

13 hours ago, Albaby said:

Children are unlikely to get infected or spread the virus.

.....and now all the schools are closed for the foreseeable........Mmmmm???

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Many schools including Prince Royal College, Dara College, Montfort College and Sacred Heart College have announced that they will be closed longer than the initially stated 18th January due to fear of the recent Covid-19 surge. Schools now say that they aim to reopen on the 1st February.

A total of 72 schools out of the 83 primary schools in Chiang Mai’s region 1 have been closed. Most are still aiming to reopen on the 18th January, but will evaluate the situation again in the next few days.

 

 

https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/citynews/covid-19/chiang-mai-schools-extend-closure-until-end-of-month/

 

Would be interested to know what other schools have also extended their reopening to the 1st Feb if anyone knows.

Varee has a staggered return to school Kindergarten was today, P1-3 is Wednesday and I don't have details of the rest.