Following the decision the start of school year on September 1 with in-person learning, the Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, says that parents can ask the school for non-medical reasons for their child not to attend in-person classes, and the school will decide whether it will give consent or not.

In an interview with TV Kanal 5, Filipce says that depending on whether the number of infections will increase, the possible revocation of the decision for in-person learning will be considered.

What is important is that at any time if the epidemiological situation worsens, we will recommend activating some of the other ready-made mechanisms for holding classes, whether it will be combined or online will depend solely on the epidemiological situation. For now, according to the current situation, the recommendation is for students to start with in-person classes, said Filipce.