MIDES delivers certification for the reopening of CAIPI through a participatory, voluntary, safe and gradual process

The Centers for Comprehensive Early Childhood Care (CAIPI), Pasitos al Triunfo and Cleverest Early Education, located in the districts of San Miguelito and Panama, received today the reopening certification that accredits them as centers that comply with all guidelines and protocols of biosecurity for a safe return.

The Minister of Social Development (MIDES) María Inés Castillo de Sanmartín, delivered the certification, on the first day of opening of these centers, that they have satisfactorily completed the guidelines for participatory, voluntary, safe and gradual return.

Certification for CAIPI reopening must observe compliance with biosafety, such as the use of masks and face shields in children, as well as hand washing and use of alcohol in classrooms.

The owner of the social portfolio indicated that the reopening certificates have a QR code that allows parents of families and guardians to validate that the CAIPI has complied with all the guidelines required for its opening through the address https: // www .mides.gob.pa / reopening-of-caipi /. CAIPI certificates section. He recalled that the CAIPI fulfill a double social function; that of educating and stimulating children in the most important stage of their development and allowing parents to return to their work, with the certainty that their children are in the best hands. It also reported that "On the institution's page www.mides.gob.pa in the" Reopening of CAIPI "section all the information that administrators and parents need has been placed for the gradual return of these centers", indicated the minister.

The reopening of these centers will be subject to evaluations and analysis of the epidemiological situation of each area where the CAIPIs are located, an evaluation that will be carried out through a committee made up of: MIDES Regional Directors, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Mayor's Offices , Governors, CAIPI liaisons and the head of the Epidemiology Department of the regional health departments.

Users of the CAIPI may, if they wish, remain in other detailed modalities to follow: semi-face-to-face early childhood care and through your CAIPI at Home, for those parents who are not ready to send their children in person.