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More than 700 students take the EBAU exam in Lanzarote between masks and gels

The tests have started this Wednesday at the IES Blas Cabrera Felipe and César Manrique and will continue until Saturday

July 1 2020 (17:41 WEST)

Updated in November 23 2024 (18:01 WEST)

Students entering this Wednesday to take the EBAU exams

More than 700 students are taking the EBAU exam in Lanzarote, which started this Wednesday with security and hygiene measures due to Covid-19.

The IES Blas Cabrera Felipe and César Manrique are the schools on the island where the tests are being carried out, which will continue until Saturday. This year, the Ministry of Education decided to extend the EBAU by one more day to carry out the tests of the general phase in two days and reduce the number of students per classroom.

The EBAU has had health personnel to guarantee compliance with the measures — Students have had to take the EBAU exam with masks

According to the island director of Education, Celeste Callero, the exams are being carried out without exceeding 15 students per classroom, maintaining a distance of one and a half meters between students. In addition, the students have had to wear masks and hydroalcoholic gel has been installed at the entrance of each center and classrooms.

Health personnel, guaranteeing compliance with the measures during the EBAU

Likewise, the exams are being carried out with the doors of the classrooms open so that there is greater ventilation. "The cleaning company has also reinforced the number of cleaners, since it is necessary to clean each time the students enter and leave," added Callero.

Health personnel and Local Police

To ensure that students comply with security and hygiene measures, two Primary Care nurses have been present in each center and with the presence of the Local Police. In addition, according to the island director of Education, non-teaching staff has also been hired.

EBAU Lanzarote (2) — This Wednesday, the Science students have taken the EBAU exam

This Wednesday, the tests have begun for Science students, who in the morning have faced the exams of Spanish Language and Literature and Foreign Language and in the afternoon they will be examined on the History of Spain. The students of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts will have these tests this Thursday, in the same order and schedule, while the rest of the exams will be held throughout Friday and Saturday.

According to the island director of Education, this Thursday the Deputy Minister of Education of the Government of the Canary Islands, María Dolores Rodríguez, and the Vice-Rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria are scheduled to attend the EBAU tests in Lanzarote.