Parents of students in private schools confirmed that their children's schools informed them of the Department of Education’s apology for not providing computers or tablets, noting that extending the distance education system until the end of the school year made it difficult for them, while the department confirmed that the devices that are provided It was distributed to schools with very low and low fees and was handed over to students on loan.
Private schools in Abu Dhabi sent letters to the students ’families, confirming the department’s apology for not including them in the initiative to provide requirements for the application of distance education, as the department informed them that it made every effort to find the largest possible number of tablets and SIM cards in global markets such as This short time, and you were able to get only 15 thousand devices, indicating that this number is not enough to meet all the requests of schools, so a decision was made to grant the devices to schools with very low and low fees, as these schools need to support the department more than others From schools.
According to the statistics of the Department of Education and Knowledge, the number of private schools with very low and low fees is 120 schools with about 129 thousand students, with 61 schools with low fees comprising 65 thousand students and 59 schools with very low fees comprising about 64 thousand students, noting that they were calculated The number of schools based on the type of curriculum in schools that offer more than one curriculum.
The department confirmed that it was able to provide new tablets with advanced specifications and Internet data slides for a number of private schools in Abu Dhabi to be delivered to needy students, after the required numbers and available capabilities were identified.
The department asked the schools to inform the parents concerned with receiving the devices and Internet chips, and to send their home addresses, phone numbers, and the names of students to be connected to the devices, noting that a special driver will come in front of the house to deliver the student’s family the free data chip or the iPad.
In the terms of the electronic devices loan, the department specified that a deposit of 100 dirhams be paid, which will be returned one week after the device or data chip is returned to the school, and a fee of 30 dirhams to connect the device or chip with a private driver to the student’s home, in order to avoid overcrowding and implement the recommendations of the Health and Safety Committee to reduce mixing .