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Swine flu survey: Majority of parents will send children to school
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 19/08/2009.
Tags: Education And Politics Kids HealthThe majority of parents will send their children back to school in September, despite fears over the spread of swine flu, it has been found.
Research carried out by Schooldays.ie revealed that 85 per cent of mums and dads do not plan to withhold their children from school.
Of those surveyed, eight per cent said they would keep their child at home if they had an underlying medical problem.
However, seven per cent of respondents said they do not intend to send their children back to school.
A quarter of parents said the Department of Education should keep schools closed at the start of term.
Meanwhile, 43 per cent of those polled said they will allow their children to be vaccinated against the flu as soon as a jab becomes available.
Commenting on the findings, Annemarie Wade, managing director of Schooldays.ie, said that while there is concern among parents, the majority do not feel swine flu poses a sufficient enough threat to merit keeping their children away from the classroom.
In related news, it was reported today that a second person in Ireland has died from the virus.
Written by Donal Walsh
Brd
(25-08-2009 16:23)
No funding, in fact we haven't even had a letter form the DES
Emer
(25-08-2009 07:42)
I wasn't too concerned about sending my kids back to school but with the death of that poor man last week with no underlying medical condition, it has made me a little more nervous.
Helen
(25-08-2009 07:50)
Can anyone tell me whether schools have received any funding for providing disinfectant gels and soaps. These will be very important in schools in fighting the spread of the pandemic. I think all schools should have the gel dispensers at entries to the school or classrooms which all kids must use at the beginning of each day - at the very least.