Officials and administrators in public and private schools in Abu Dhabi have taken all precautionary measures to ensure the safety of students during the period of weather fluctuations witnessed by the state, which has been warned by the official authorities concerned, while calling for students to identify clear procedures for schools to be followed in case of bad conditions Weather, or rain, in order to ensure the safety of students, and avoid the frequent confusion in the educational field during turbulent weather and rainfall.

Students in private schools in Abu Dhabi: Ahmed Saleh, Musaad Al Harthy, Ahmed Saeed, Radwa Abed, Mai Al Sayed, Majida Salah and Ghada Islam called for unifying school hours or disrupting schools during the turbulence of weather, especially in light of forecasts and warnings. In order to prevent confusion in the educational field, and take every decision of its own school, pointing out that conflicting decisions and delayed announcement, cause delays in their jobs, or early exit to receive their children, and the occurrence of traffic congestion, where private schools require parents of students, During the days of rain, incited And t to receive their children before the appointment.

They confirmed to Emirates Today that schools witnessed severe confusion last week during the rain, causing conflicting decisions, and delayed notification of parents of the appropriate decision, where private schools sent letters to parents of students informing them to dismiss students more than two hours before the end of working hours. Other schools decided to suspend classes the next day.

On Sunday, 10 November, private schools in Abu Dhabi sent letters to parents of the students inviting them to come and receive their children at 12 noon, where they decided to reduce the school day due to rain, while other schools, at 9 pm on the same day, decided to suspend school The next day (November 11), to ensure the safety of students.

In contrast, teachers and administrators in private schools: Noha Hamed, Izzat Mustafa, Salwa Fakhr and Amani al-Masri, confirmed the possibility of applying schools to the system of flexible working in case of severe weather and fog, where students and teachers can delay the school hours for three hours, calculated from the date Flexible working hours are calculated from 7:30 am to 10:30 am, in times of fog and difficult weather, at the discretion of the principal.

Disruption of schools

The School Transport Administrative Framework required school bus operators to monitor the weather, in coordination with the National Meteorological Center, and with the contracted schools' management, in case of delay or disruption during difficult weather conditions, and to ensure that drivers and supervisors have the necessary training to act in Such cases, in addition to ensuring that all loading and unloading points, prepared in advance of the risk plans, free of obstacles during difficult weather conditions, as well as the presence of alternative loading and unloading points, in addition to the need for the commitment of students and parents to follow the instructions and decisions that Issued by the Department of Education and Knowledge or school in case of difficult weather conditions.

The school transport administrative framework also stipulates that in the case of difficult weather conditions, including fog, sandstorms, wind, rain and floods, it is the responsibility of the Education and Knowledge Department, in coordination with the National Meteorological Center, to ascertain the difficult weather and generalize all Schools, and granting permission to disable schools «at the level of the Emirate» during the difficult weather, and to disable schools that fall within the bad weather, in coordination with the school administration, in addition to coordination in cases of delays and confusion that may occur to schools due to difficult weather conditions, and monitoring and D The process of compliance with the framework for all stakeholders in this regard.

10 preventive measures

Administrators at public and private schools in

Abu Dhabi: Mohammed Juma, Yousef Al Balooshi, Mohammed Younis,

Lubna Said, and Mason Samir, have school plans

To cope with rain and disturbance of weather conditions, during working hours

To ensure the safety and security of students and staff

Schools, citing 10 preventive measures taken by schools

To minimize the risk of heavy rainfall or wind

That accompany it, include:

1. Ensure the presence of the nursing staff during the rains.

Availability of all first aid equipment.

3 - Contact parents and inform them of developments.

Registration of volunteers from teachers and school staff to assist

Suspended vehicles or emergencies.

5 - provide a safe place to collect students during the heavy rains.

6 - Extinguish all unnecessary electrical appliances.

7. Contacting the relevant authorities in case of emergency.

8 - bus stop next to the sidewalk when the students climb and disembark.

9 - Ensure the validity of buses in terms of the quality of tires and side mirrors, glass wipers and alarm signals to stand.

10 - Bus supervisors exercise caution when students climb and disembark, and stay near school buildings when necessary, and when expecting to evacuate the school because of bad weather.