Private schools in the northern emirates decided to implement the "hybrid education" model, according to the "day and day" system, during the new school year, as students will be divided into two groups so that the study will be a day in the classroom, and a day at home "from a distance", in a commitment to apply The requirement for social spacing is 50% in classes, without any change in tuition fees.
The deputy director of Sharjah International Private School in Umm Al Quwain, Mona Sarhal, told «Emirates Today» that the school administration has laid down the necessary plans for the beginning of the new academic year, where students will be divided into two groups, with the first group taught in the semester, while the second will receive Education "via distance" via live broadcast, from the semester.
She explained that the application of the education system "day and day" for school students is considered the best and most appropriate solution to apply the requirement of spacing between students in the classroom by 50%, follow-up that the school administration has turned computers into the smart system, to prepare for the application of the "remote" learning program in the whole class Tuition.
She added that the school is currently preparing all classes for hybrid education, by installing direct broadcast devices, strengthening the Internet in the classrooms, and specifying 50% in the classrooms and social spacing in all school facilities, to ensure the progress of the educational process according to the plans approved by the Ministry of Education And education.
She pointed out that the tuition fees will not be changed or reduced, due to “hybrid” education, adding that changing the education system cost the school large sums of money, without adding them to the tuition fees in consideration of the students ’families, pointing out that the students’ families will bear the cost of buying smart devices for their children, It is a school supplies, such as: school uniforms, textbooks.
“The school’s administration presented a plan for the new school year, which includes implementing a hybrid education system (day and day), instead of (a week and a week), where the students of the school were divided into two groups,” said Rola Muhammad Ragheb Nassab, the principal of the Al-Nour School in the Emirate of Sharjah. Provided that the first group attends the semester, and the second receives distance education at home, and the switching between the two groups takes place until the end of the school year unless something new happens.
She explained that the "day and day" system gives the student at home the ability to absorb the lessons through the live broadcast from the classroom, and prepare to return to school on the next day, pointing out that if distance education is applied for several days or a week, the student will feel as if On vacation, he will not be interested in his lessons well, so the school decided to apply the education system "day and day" between the classrooms and the home, as it is the best educational and educational, and in the interest of the student, school administration and public health for members of society.
She pointed out that the school is in the process of installing large smart screens in each semester, and connecting them to the Internet, as a prelude to applying direct transfer of lessons from the class to students ’devices in homes, so that the student sees the semester completely from students and teachers, participates in answering questions, and interacts with His colleagues as if with them.
For his part, the director of the modern Ras Al Khaimah School, Samaan Sadiq Al-Hajj, stated that the students will be divided into two groups (A) and (B), if less than 500 students are registered, and three groups if more than 700 students are received, and we will add a group to them (C), provided that the first group is taught in the semester, and the second group receives lessons via live broadcasts at home, to apply the principle of social divergence, and reduce the number of students by 50% in the classroom, stressing that the most appropriate "day and day" system is educational.
He explained that if a third group was added, due to the increase in the number of students in the school, the principle of social separation will be applied by 33% in each semester, provided that education is a week and a week between the three groups, to ensure all students are transported by school buses, and reduce time and effort on the school And the families of the students, pointing out that the plans change continuously, based on the number of students at the end of this month and the beginning of the new academic year.
Install tuition fees
The headmaster of Al Noor School in the Emirate of Sharjah, Rola Muhammad Ragheb Nassab, said that many of the students ’students suggested reducing tuition fees, in the event of applying hybrid education, pointing out that the school paid exorbitant sums of money for the transition to smart education, and that it will not carry the families of students Any financial costs due to this smart transformation, and will keep the same tuition fees for the new school year, unchanged from the previous school year.
- divide the students into two groups and the systematic integration of «traditional education» and «remote» without reducing the fees.