MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students 43rd issue（March 25th, 2022）

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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
43rd issue：March 25th, 2022
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（1）The Administrative Notifications regarding Countermeasures against COVID-19 in Schools
 
We would like to announce that the following administrative notifications regarding countermeasures against COVID-19 in schools issued by MEXT.
 
<Issued on March 18^th, 2022>
・The revised Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control (PDF:501KB)
・Points of countermeasures against COVID-19 corresponding to the Omicron variant in schools during the spring vacation (PDF:468KB)
 
<Issued on March 23^rd, 2022>
・Notification regarding the points to adapt the Guidelines for countermeasures in the case where COVID-19 infection of students, teachers or staff is confirmed at the schools to the Omicron variant (Update) (PDF:658KB)
・Measures at schools regarding identification and behavioral restrictions of close contacts, and the implementation of active immunological surveys based on the characteristics of the Omicron variant (PDF:595KB)
・Conduct the tests for COVID-19 to the staffs at elderly facilities, kindergartens, day care centers and elementary schools, etc. (PDF:454KB)
・Tentative English version of the points regarding the implementation of vaccinations for infants and students against COVID-19 in schools (PDF:3,823KB)
 
We kindly share these with you because it could be utilized as a reference for your consideration on your responses to COVID-19.
 
 
（2）The tentative English translation version of the Final Report of Advisory Committee on the Health and Hygiene Environment in Schools for Foreign Students
 
We held the Advisory Committee on Health and Hygiene Environment of Facilities Exclusively Aimed Exclusively at Educating Foreign Children (so-called "Schools for Foreign Students") from June to December 2021.
The tentative English translation version of the Final Report is available on the following website.
 
専ら外国人の子供の教育を目的としている施設（いわゆる「外国人学校」）の保健衛生環境に係る有識者会議　最終とりまとめ：文部科学省 (mext.go.jp)
 

（3）Others
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    The website focusing on the schools for foreign students was launched in Plain Japanese on the MEXT's official website;
    https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kokusai/gaikoku/

    Useful information for everyone at the schools for foreign students focusing on anti-COVID-19 measures will be provided in several languages, for the time being, so please regularly check our updates.

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文部科学省大臣官房国際課
「外国人学校・インターナショナルスクール メールマガジン」担当
E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
Tel：03-5253-4111（Ex. 3222） E-mail：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp
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