Students at Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary, in Ba Dinh district, physically go back to school on February 8.   

NDO – Following a decision approved by the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee, secondary and high school students, in certain safe areas of Hanoi, returned to school on February 8, after spending more than eight months at home studying online.

A student has his temperature checked before entering the school gate.

Education staff at Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary School instruct students how to have their body temperature checked with an automatic measuring device.

View of an in-person class at Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary School.

A chalk painting on the blackboard to welcome students back to school.

Students joyfully attend their first in-person class after more than eight months at home studying online.

A delegation led by the Director of the municipal Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong, came to inspect the pandemic prevention and control at Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary School, on the first day of re-opening.

An area was set up at the school for suspected cases of COVID-19.

Phan Dinh Phung high school, in Ba Dinh district, reopened for students on February 8, following months of closure due to COVID-19.

According to the municipal Department of Education and Training, more than 99 percent of teachers, educational staff, and students at the secondary and high school level, in Hanoi, have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

A funny board set up at the entrance of Phan Dinh Phung High School to welcome students.

Photos: NDO/Thanh Dat