School administrators confirmed that the Ministry of Education decided to shorten the school day as a pilot procedure in some schools, for a period of 3 days, and to complete school hours with distance learning at home, noting that the Ministry of Education has circulated to schools distance education guidelines, tomorrow, Tuesday, as a pilot phase To fulfill the requirements of the Emirati school.
According to the circular, the duration of distance education will be in the trial period on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first and second episodes, and on Thursday for secondary education students, as distance learning time will extend for students who start working at 7:15 until 11:00 in the morning, while the working hours will continue until one hour 11:45 For students who start working at 8:00 in the morning.
The Ministry stressed that the permanence of the administrative and teaching bodies be synchronized with the students ’time, with a commitment to implementing lessons during the evening period, ensuring electronic devices for the first and second episodes, finding alternative solutions in cooperation with parents, and adhering to the quality of distance education for students through follow-up on the Smart Learning portal. The school departments directed to follow the extent of the commitment of teachers to activate distance education during the time period specified for the concurrent classrooms between teachers and students.
The Ministry of Education held a number of meetings last week to activate the e-learning system and identify the challenges and constraints of the system, in preparation for its application in the event that it is needed to face the crises of natural disasters that can face the achievement of the requirements of the Emirati school, stressing that distance learning is a method It is a method of self-learning, which leads to the strengthening of the open and continuing education system.
The Ministry called on schools to implement an awareness program on distance education for parents, students, teachers and administrators, and to direct those concerned to enter the training platform to learn how to implement interactive lessons for distance education, in addition to preparing timetables for the plan for distance education study materials.