Relief and fear as Portuguese students go back to school

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Wearing masks and trying to keep a safe distance, more than a million pupils returned to schools across Portugal on Monday, a long-awaited moment ...

Share this contentLISBON: Wearing masks and trying to keep a safe distance, more than a million pupils returned to schools across Portugal on Monday , a long-awaited moment for many after students were forced in March to learn remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"It was a little hard because I have a son with special needs which makes things even more complicated," she said of the home-schooling period."There were various kids who were depressed, full of desire to go back to school." "It was hard on everyone because all of a sudden, without expecting it, we had to stay home," said Fatima Lopes, principal at the Maria Amalia school."We are all trying to do better," Lopes said."I doubt we can do it in an exemplary way right from the beginning."

 

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