Education Ministry accuses Health Ministry of giving it the run-around

An Education Ministry source tells Walla news that the Health Ministry is not being straight, amid heated disagreements among officials over plans to open elementary schools.

Education officials have said they would not split first and second grades into pods, but the Health Ministry has rejected allowing schools to open without them, leading to a possible delay in sending off kids until next month.

The source says it was the Health Ministry that initially okayed opening the grades without capsules, saying it would not make a big difference at that age.

“Every week we get a different set of answers which don’t match up between what appears in the press and what is written down, and which change from person to person. We don’t understand if this is a part of the ministry’s plans,” the source says.