Universities in Prague: Some are introducing online tuition
Due to the worsening of the epidemic, the crisis staff of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, decided to make the overall transition to online teaching. Distance learning there is to last from Monday to December 10. According to spokeswoman Zuzana Válková, the faculty is currently does not have sufficient equipment to be able to combine full-time and distance learning. I offer around 2,000 courses, studied by about 6,000 people and taught by 600 educators, she said.
For example, the Faculty of Law of Charles University now has hybrid teaching, which, according to spokeswoman Vlasta Tichá, also organizes state examinations and defenses in this regime. The Faculty of Science of Charles University or the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University (FSV UK) strives to continue full-time teaching as much as possible. At FSV UK, however, large lectures were transferred to online teaching this week, said the dean of the faculty Alice Němcová Tejkalová. The lectures are also at a distance at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University (LF UK), seminars and practical training are held in person, added the Dean of the Faculty Martin Vokurka.
“Practically all contact agendas that are not absolutely necessary for the operation of the faculty are suppressed, including graduations or popularization events intended for the public. Meetings of the faculty committees are organized in a distance form, “said Michal Andrle, a spokesman for the Faculty of Science. According to him, the faculty strives mainly to complete practical exercises and field trips. According to the dean of FSV UK, students wear respirators everywhere, but their movement after school is not restricted in any way. Filip Poštulka, spokesman of the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University, expressed a similar opinion.
The management of the 1st Faculty of Medicine of Charles University encourages all students to get vaccinated. “Our internal surveys show that about 80 percent of students are now vaccinated 1. LF UK, in higher grades, where students study with inpatients, the percentage is even higher, “said Vokurka.
Graduation cancellation
According to information on the UK website, as a result of the government’s measure, according to which only people with vaccinations for covid-19 or after having contracted the disease can take part in cultural and artistic events from 22 November, graduations have been canceled for the entire university. “But it is still expected that alternative dates will be produced at a time when the situation allows,” said the school.
Deviation from the full-time teaching regime available from last week also from the Institute of Chemical Technology, in doctoral and master’s studies. The decision on the transition to distance learning is up to the guarantors of the study program and their agreement with the heads of the department. According to their representatives, the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) and the University of Economics in Prague (VŠE) have not withdrawn from full-time teaching.
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