On October 11, students will start the new academic year. But there is still no decision on how the lesson will take place this year, in auditoriums or again at a distance, i.e. online. Everything will depend on the situation of the pandemic caused by Covid 19.
Regardless of the form, in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana, two lecturers, Prof. Dr. Vjollca Karapici, Prof. Nor. Dr. Irena Bogdani and student Euxhena Jorgji will not be present. They are among the victims that Covid 19 has caused throughout the country. The dean of this faculty, Prof. Dr. Dhori Kule and the Rector of the University of Tirana, Prof. Dr. Artan Hoxha, led a ceremony to commemorate the two female professors and the student, immortalizing them by planting three olive trees in the courtyard of the faculty.
The rector of the University of Tirana used this ceremony to convey messages to the lecturers and students. He emphasized that this commemoration is also a reminder to everyone that the virus has not gone away, and that the danger is still present. He openly declared in support of the vaccination process, as the best method that science has invented so far, opposing conspiracy theories or sermons on the dangers of vaccines.
"I am not in favor of forced vaccination, said rector Hoxha, but we must all understand that individual freedoms are not inviolable when they influence the life of a large community and the entire society."
The rector stated that we all want to go down to the auditorium as soon as possible to return to the normal learning process, however, this decision will be up to the specialized health structures that deal with the management of the pandemic situation.
