His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, congratulated the students on the occasion of the new school year, in a tweet through his official account on the social networking site «Twitter», wishing them to be a good year and a success By adhering to the noble values, God calls them success.
The text of His Highness said: “With the start of the new academic year, renewed energies and aspirations to be a year full of excellence, creativity and excellence, wishing God, the Almighty, to be a good year and success for the children of students, by adhering to the noble values and continue the knowledge and modern science And all the best for the educational system and its partners ».
Today, more than one million and 100 thousand students are studying in the new school year, public and private education at the level of the country, including 153 thousand and 15 students in public schools in Dubai and the northern regions, while about 26 thousand teachers, administrators and technicians began their work on 25 August Last year, 15,000 teachers in Abu Dhabi and 11,163 in Dubai and the northern regions, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education, pending the announcement of their total numbers and details of the new appointments for these classes in the new school year.
The ministry said that 8027 students studying in 307 divisions in kindergartens and grades I, VII, IX, X and XI, will be applied to the Chinese language this school year, and attracted 150 teachers to teach this language, as they attended training programs at the Training Institute in Ajman.
The calendar approved by the Ministerial Council for Development, for all state schools of various types «government and private», applied to the curriculum of the Ministry of Education for the new academic year, that the first semester time for all types of bodies for the academic year 2019-2020, begins on Sunday 25 August 2019, and for students in On the first of September, and continues until December 12, to begin the winter leave for students from 15 December until the ninth of January 2019, for four weeks, including 20 working days, and leave the bodies start on 22 December and end on the second of January 2020 for two weeks of which 10 work days.
All bodies resume all working hours to mark the start of the second semester, on the fifth of January 2020, while students begin on the twelfth of the same month, where they are scheduled for two weeks for spring break from 29 March of the same year, until April 9, compared to one week for the bodies From March 29 to April 2.
The duration of all types of bodies begins in the third semester on the fifth of April 2020, while the students begin their semester on the 12th of it.The deadline for the academic year 2019-2020 is set for students on the second of July, and for the teaching, technical and administrative faculties on the ninth of this year. The number of school days for this year, including exam days, is 185.
On the other hand, the ministry distributed textbooks to 598 government schools nationwide, 347 in Dubai and the northern regions, 251 in Abu Dhabi, Al Dhafra and Al Ain from 25 to 29 August. All textbooks will be available to students as the new school year begins. .
The Ministry is working to activate the initiative to recycle textbooks, as it has created a new paper quality, environmentally friendly and high specifications, which contribute to the reduction of thermal emissions and carbon dioxide, as well as abundance in water consumption and logging, each printed book of eco-friendly and recycled paper Its recycling, provides 25 liters of water, 5 kW of energy, and 2.4 kg of timber.
According to the ministry, 3000-4000 tons of recycled paper are used in each semester in a process that takes about two months to recycle. The new paper will be used at the beginning of the first semester of the academic year 2019-2020, for the first and second grades books. Its use is gradually being circulated, for all grades, beginning with the next second and third semesters.
A unified traffic awareness campaign
The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Federal Traffic Council, launched the fourth traffic awareness campaign this year under the slogan «Traffic safety for school students» in conjunction with the beginning of the new school year, and lasts three months, within the initiatives of the traffic sector, with the aim of joining all segments of society to educate school students from various The school stages, especially children, with traffic accidents, adherence to traffic rules and the safety of school students from road hazards.
The Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police Operations Affairs, Chairman of the Federal Traffic Council, Major-General Eng. Mohamed Saif Al-Zaffin, said that schoolchildren of all age groups and stages are considered an element of human development in the country, which must be maintained, despite all preventive measures to protect them. However, there is a need for more awareness and guidance for some parents and those concerned with the safety of students, to keep them safe from traffic accidents and to protect them from road hazards. He said that the campaign includes many activities, events, lectures and programs, aimed at raising awareness of students in order to reach the largest segment of them through various media.
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Providing 141 schools with water «albumin»
Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) has prepared to provide 114 public schools and 27 nurseries with pure bottled drinking water from the Zulal factory, at the beginning of the new school year, and developed a plan to deliver water to schools in accordance with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah. The body aims to provide a safe and healthy school environment, and to provide an appropriate school atmosphere.
The Chairman of the Authority, Dr. Rashid Al-Leem, said that the Authority is keen to adopt community initiatives that will ensure the best services for students and provide an ideal environment for education in schools, and the development of quality standards of education. The delivery of water to schools will be carried out periodically, through the fleet of factory cars, to ensure that they arrive on a regular basis, which makes it much easier for school administrations and students to bother to provide healthy and potable water to students, save money, and benefit from other things that serve the school community.
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