A meeting of the IAC was held on the observance of sanitary standards in secondary schools

At a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yeraly Tugzhanov, issues of compliance with sanitary standards in the country's secondary schools were discussed.

In his speech, Vice Minister of Health - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kiyasov reported on the results of monitoring school inspections since the beginning of the academic year. In his report, he noted that out of 697 schools, 134 violations of sanitary standards were revealed. At the same time, most of the violations were revealed in rural schools.

During inspections, many schools lacked specialized waste bins for the collection and disposal of used personal protective equipment and distance indicators when moving inside the school. The facts of non-observance of the mask regime by the personnel were also revealed.

For example, in schools No. 46 in Uralsk, secondary school No. 55 in Nur-Sultan and Bishkul secondary school No. 2 in North Kazakhstan region, in schools named after Khaidarov in the village. Zhanatlek and Uynbulak secondary school of Bayanaul district of Pavlodar region did not carry out thermometry of teachers and students.

Also, in 33 schools sanitizers were absent and insufficiently represented.

Two schools of the Akmola region (secondary school No. 5 in Makinsk and secondary school No. 1 in Shchuchinsk), private schools "Zhaisan bala" and "Zere" in the city of Aktau, Mangistau region, are not staffed with medical workers.

In Almaty, Aktobe, Akmola, East Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan, Kostanai and Mangistau regions, there are no bactericidal lamps (quartz) in 29 schools.

In 15 schools there is no distance markings at the entrance (Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Akmola, Pavlodar, Zhambyl, Mangistau, North Kazakhstan region and Karaganda regions).

In the Kostanay region, a number of violations were revealed in the presence of bactericidal lamps and disinfection mats: in nine schools in the Karabalyk region, in four schools in the Mailin region and in 11 schools in the Altynsara region.

Following the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister instructed the Akims to take measures to eliminate the violation.

The assessment of the state of readiness of schools will be taken into account when deciding on the resumption of school activities in the second academic quarter.

It should be noted that from October 5 this year, a special check of general education schools will begin everywhere.