Teachers and officials in public and private schools confirmed that the decision to start the first semester exams, before the Martyr's Day and National Day holidays, eliminated the phenomenon of "dead days", in which students add days to official holidays on holidays and holidays, and are absent from school. . The Ministry of Education stressed the importance of the commitment of students to attend throughout the school year, and the lack of inaction and absence, because of the harm to the student's academic achievement.

Teachers and administrators in public and private schools: Nasser al-Saadi, Marwa Hassan, Shorouk Hamed, Amal Jalal and Zainab Jamal, predicted that the presence of exams on Wednesday and Thursday will increase attendance rates from 25% to 100%, noting that the schools sent students with mail messages E-mail includes the schedule of the first semester exams, with emphasis on the presence of students on Wednesday and Thursday next to the presence of exams in them. They added that in the days before and after the holidays, schools were sending text messages to families that their children should attend classes, and other schools provided incentives and gifts to attend the students in an attempt to reduce absenteeism, which was an obstacle to the educational process, pointing out that the organization of this school calendar The year helped to eliminate the term “dead days”, and it also provided an opportunity for students to take advantage of Martyr's Day and National Day to review and recall.

Since the beginning of the school year, school administrations have been communicating with parents through the methods used in each school, whether by parent meetings or by e-mail and text messages, and informing them of their responsibilities, including ensuring that their children are committed to attend school on a daily basis. To inform the school in case of necessity of absence of a child from the study, send a letter signed by them after the return of the student to the school, explaining the reason for the absence, and ask them to coordinate family holidays, so as to coincide with the holidays scheduled in the school calendar. They stressed the keenness of school administrations to adhere to the school calendar followed, and teachers were alerted to continue their role and explain the curriculum, where classes are held for students before the exam, in addition to the continuation of the school day for younger grades, regardless of the number of students in classes, which has already been In addition, an entertainment day will encourage students to attend school. On the other hand, officials at the Ministry of Education inspected the progress of the exams of the end of the first semester, which began last Thursday, and visited many schools nationwide, as part of the ministry's follow-up to the educational field, in an effort to provide a suitable environment for students during the test period.

«Education» stresses the absence

The Ministry of Education stressed the importance of the commitment of students to school attendance throughout the school year, and the lack of inaction and absence, because of the harm to the student's academic achievement, as the process of education is a continuous and integrated process, can not be separated by absenteeism and leave school, stressing that the days of study throughout the school , Developed by a thoughtful planning and scientific methodology, in the interest of students, and ensure the real use of the curriculum and complete its courses.

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Students letters, on mail

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First academic year.