“In Poland, classes were suspended in more than 500 educational institutions due to floods – ZMIU Poland suspended classes in more than 500 institutions due to floods. The largest number of closed schools in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The situation changes every hour, the number of closed establishments may increase.”, — write on: unn.ua
The largest number of closed institutions is in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (more than 320), 23 in the Lubusz Voivodeship, 20 in the Silesian Voivodeship and 120 in the Opole Voivodeship.
Director of the Department of Communications of the Ministry of Education Casper Lavera says that schools and educational institutions close for several reasons.
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“In the Opole Voivodeship, most of them are simply flooded, as in Lower Silesia.
However, in many of these locations, schools are also closed for other reasons, such as providing shelter or evacuating people from flooded regions, which precludes classes. There is a third reason — the difficulty of getting to the educational institution,” he added.
The flood situation changes hourly, so the number of school closures could increase.
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