The Minister of Education, Hussein Al-Hammadi, confirmed that the start of school hours for the next academic year (2020-2021) has not changed and is on time, according to the school calendar approved by the Ministerial Council for Development, and therefore the administrative and teaching staff should be working on August 23, and students on August 30 Next.
In media statements, he stated that the distance learning experience is the result of years of work and support from the leadership, which contributed to the uniqueness and excellence of this experience at the regional level, pointing out that distance learning is the result of a sustainable vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President The state, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, who directed the necessity of a smart transformation of education, and this educational system, was previously applied in a limited manner and today, due to the current circumstance, it has become a pillar of learning.
Al-Hammadi said: Education is a priority and we do not allow the student to lose a school day, so distance learning has been applied, learning is a cumulative issue and deleting days of schooling affects the level of students and the continuation of learning is a foregone conclusion, as it is a national goal and directed its continued leadership to build empowered competencies that lead the future.
He added: The health condition that we are going through despite its disadvantages, but it has shortened us years of preparation and pre-preparation, and preparing the field, and now there are great strides achieved in the application of smart learning through training and the readiness of digital platforms and the cooperation and participation of both the school and the student and the guardian, stressing that Education is a participatory process between the home and the school, and students are honest and parents are role models for students who should help them learn transparently and responsibly without affecting the course of the student’s tasks, and there is a supervisory role for the ministry on the educational attainment of students.
He emphasized that the aim of education is to develop skills and capabilities and not only to obtain degrees, because what remains with the student for life is the knowledge stock and what he has learned and the skills he has acquired, and we are looking for a comprehensive student and employ all the capabilities to achieve that educational goal.
Al-Hammadi continued: “His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, directed the necessity of securing the learning process for students in private schools, which is something that we took into consideration, and full support was provided to them in various forms, by allowing the use of Intelligent learning portal and digital platforms, and provide logistical support.