The Emirates Child Protection Association has warned against the use of some families during the current period by private teachers to provide support for their children in the distance learning process, which would endanger their lives and sabotage the governmental efforts that were made to stave off the risk of infection or illness from students, and doctors warned of the danger of changing practitioners of a profession Private lessons to a roving carrier of the Corona virus in the event of illness, while educators demanded the application of penalties for violations of regulations, precautions and precautionary instructions, to reduce the spread of the Corona virus, issued by the Council of Ministers on practitioners of the private lessons profession that is a violation of “moral E »on ordinary days, and a crime that requires punishment at this time.
In detail, the founding member and Chairman of the Emirates Child Protection Association, Faisal Al-Shammari, stressed that education is a top priority in the leadership approach, following that the distance learning initiative is one of the challenges that the state has put in place effective solutions, and applied an integrated system to improve the educational process and not be affected Students under the current circumstances, and took all preventive and precautionary measures to ensure the safety of all.
He said that the association received complaints from students with negligence from some families that violated the established procedures, and used private teachers for their children, which makes them in contact with others who may be infected with the virus and expose them to danger, as private lessons dealers move from one house to another, without any controls or procedures protection.
He called on families to rely on e-classes in distance learning platforms, as it is currently considered the basic and safe pillar of the educational process at the present time, warning from the use of private lessons, as it is in violation of legislation, regulations and school systems, as well as exceptional controls even as stipulated by Law No. 14 of 2014 regarding controlling communicable diseases.
Meanwhile, family doctors, Muhammad Al-Kilani, Bashar Othman, and Mona Radhi warned of the possibility of the private teacher becoming a carrier of infection, due to his lack of commitment to the conditions of social separation and movement between homes, which increases his chances of infection, and turning into a "worm" that transmits the infection to Every home he enters, stressing the danger of some underestimating this virus.
They stressed that private teachers can turn into a wandering vector of the disease, and cause harm to all who approach them, noting that receiving teachers in homes with the aim of helping children in educational attainment increases the possibility of infection with the Corona virus.
They stressed that the most appropriate option is distance education, as identified by the relevant educational authorities, which took this decision to protect students, ensure commitment to staying at home as long as possible, and implement more “strict” measures and impose social separation, which is completely inconsistent with the idea of using Private lessons.
While educators demanded the application of a list of violations of precautionary measures, procedures and instructions, to practitioners of the profession of private lessons at the present time, given their exposure to society at the risk of spreading the new Corona virus.
The teachers, Qusai Saeed, Muhammad Al-Khouli, Tamer Salah, Marwa Nada, Hala Mahjoub, and Iman Shawky said that some people exploit the conditions of some schools not being able to implement distance education in the optimal way, or the inability of some students ’families to deal with the distance education system, It is an explicit violation of the decisions on social separation, precautionary measures and instructions issued by the highest authorities in the state, and requires the application of punitive legislation contained in the law of communicable diseases, in addition to a list of violations of precautionary measures, procedures and instructions, to limit the spread of the Corona virus.
On the other hand, parents of students in private schools stressed that the way schools implement the Distance Learning Initiative compels them to resort to private lessons, because there is no explanation or communication with students, and only sending papers or videos recorded and published on the Internet, for students to view and answer some Questions, then send them back to school.
The students unanimously agreed that their children's schools provide educational services that do not rise to help students understand lessons and educational achievement, noting that most schools do not apply interactive education, and their e-learning system does not rise to be described as distance education, and more accurately to be described as home education, where it depends Primarily for parents to teach their children, to play the role of a teacher in explaining lessons, as schools are limited to correspondence through the personal mail of parents, or to place educational materials (worksheets, or links to clips published on the Internet) on its official website, and to inform students of the need to study them.
The mother of students in different classes, Souad Abdullah, said, “I am the one who teaches to young children at home, and I am currently communicating with teachers in order to teach my son in the ninth grade an American curriculum, because his subjects are difficult, and I cannot teach him, especially since the school is sufficient to send lessons in files. (PDF), and students must understand it themselves. ”
Meanwhile, the father of three students in the second and third episodes, Mohamed Magdy, stated that he and his wife are currently working remotely according to the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the new Corona virus that their employers have taken, and that their children's classes are in the morning at the same time of their work, and therefore they cannot follow them, and they have two options Either risk taking a private teacher home, which could expose them to infection, or leave their children without understanding the lessons set for them.
Relatives of students, Khaled Ibrahim, Sahar Ramadan, Hayam Muhammad, and Majid Ali, stated that the difficulty facing them is that they do not speak English sufficiently to allow their children to study, especially students from grades five and above, and they depend on a teacher who helps their children. After the spread of the Coruna virus and the constant warnings about the rapid spread of the virus, they stopped these lessons, but after a week of applying distance education, their children desperately needed help, academic support, and the return of a private teacher.
Penalty for violations of precautionary measures
The list of violations of precautionary measures, procedures and instructions, to limit the spread of the Corona virus, issued by the Council of Ministers, as part of government efforts to preserve the health of society and the safety of citizens, residents and visitors, includes the signing of an administrative fine of no less than 500 dirhams and not more than 50 thousand dirhams, and a double fine in If the violation is repeated a second time.
The regulations stipulated that individuals and establishments are prohibited from violating the precautionary measures, preventive measures, instructions, and duties regarding preserving health and safety, in order to prevent the risk of the spread of the new Corona virus (COFED-19), issued by the ministries of health and community protection, the Ministry of Interior, and the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Authority , Including violating quarantine conditions, contact with people who are infected with the virus, and other measures issued by the relevant authorities.