University Secondary School still online

- Certainly, it is a didactic loss for our students that laboratory classes are not held," emphasise the pedagogues of the Paweł Adamowicz University Secondary School. Learning after the national quarantine, secondary school students continue online.

It is worth recalling that the ULO, opened in 2019, and currently, two years of study continue at the school - together in eight classes of 24 students. Since October, there have been no lessons at the UG Faculty of Social Sciences. The students are also absent from the laboratories, and it is precisely the use of the scientific potential that has been a major asset of the school. All classes are still conducted remotely. Already at the beginning of the pandemic, teachers from ULO received training and are using Microsoft Teams communication platform. Therefore, the subsequent closure of schools was no longer such a revolution for them in remote teaching. The parents of the students also do not report any special problems associated with isolation. After all, the school has a small teaching staff and relatively few students.

Teachers are constantly trying to adapt to new conditions and limited teaching opportunities. As the term draws to a close, it's time for assessments. Hence, there are more tests and papers, to sum up the material. As in other schools, teachers are concerned about the unassailability of assignments. Fortunately, there are no final-year classes in secondary school yet, where contact with the teacher would be much more important. Remote lessons take place as planned. With remote lessons at home, there are also positive aspects. It is the presence of everyone in front of the computers at a certain time, which helps to plan joint meetings. It used to be much more difficult to arrange meetings of pupils from different classes during extracurricular activities. Today everyone is available in front of their monitors.

It is worth noting that remote teaching has not negatively affected the organisation and participation of students in competitions and Olympiads. All ministerial competitions are held online, and if the conditions are right and the ministry agrees, regional and school stages are held on-site.

Press Office of University of Gdańsk