The Minister of Education, Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, confirmed to «Emirates Today» that the decision to disable students for a period of four weeks, which will be activated next Sunday, will not affect the study plan, explaining that «the days of schooling for the current academic year will remain as specified in The school calendar, without downsizing, but rather the decision was made to offer a two-week spring vacation.
The decision clarified that the delay extends for a period of four weeks, provided that the first two weeks are "spring vacation", instead of March 29, according to what was determined in the school calendar previously, while the other two weeks will students resume their studies from their homes through the initiative "learning about After », by using the portal of smart learning.
Al-Hammadi sent a message of reassurance to the students ’families after announcing the disruption of school students and government and private higher education institutions, stressing that the decision came as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of students, within the framework of efforts and measures taken at the country level, which aim to limit the spread of the new Corona virus.
The Ministry has formed a team that works to implement the "distance learning" initiative in an integrated manner through training of administrative and teaching bodies, and provide technical and technical support to facilitate the initiative, to ensure the implementation of the initiative correctly, and the ministry will complete the application of the curriculum content according to the study plan established through the "learning about distance".
Yesterday, the Ministry directed the school administrations to train male and female teachers on the "distance education" system, and ensure that they are fully prepared, to implement the "distance education" initiative in a experimental manner, during yesterday for the second cycle, and today for secondary education.
In a video clip, published yesterday on "Telegram," the Ministry identified seven instructions for teachers to broadcast electronic content, within the "distance education" initiative, entitled "Preparing and uploading the electronic lesson content on the LMS platform. The instructions include defining learning outcomes, and they are formulated interactively." Focuses on discussion and student engagement, taking into account the sequence of submitted content and the interconnectedness of its ideas, and applying fun interactive activities that achieve goals, dividing the content into consecutive parts that can be reviewed sequentially, with the necessity to diversify the educational means concerned and take into account individual differences between students, and that the lesson building be interesting, and It includes pictures and videos that serve the general objectives of the lesson, and ask the introductory, constructive, and closing questions for students to find out how they interact and understand the lessons presented.