Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority has identified several precautionary measures to protect students from infection with the Corona virus during the testing period, whether during the third semester or the end of the current school year.
In its response to a question for parents of students, the authority stated that the UAE government issued clear instructions to schools in order to provide a clean environment that guarantees the safety of students during the exams period, which is cleaning and sterilizing exam rooms before students attend and after their departure, and organizing students within exam committees within small, separate and spaced groups. , Including no more than 15 students in one committee, and to prevent any direct contact between students.
The procedures also include dismissing students from the school immediately after the exam ends, suspending the school transportation service throughout the exam period, with parents ’commitment to bring their children to school in the morning and taking them from them immediately after the exam, and providing a permanent medical staff (doctor and nurse) throughout the exam period, passing traffic to the committees And follow the health of students.
The Ministry of Education stressed the need for all schools in the country to abide by the absence of any male or female student in the school building for a period of four weeks, starting from the eighth of this month and until the fourth of next April, provided that students resume their third semester in schools on the fifth of The same month.
The Ministry has set several guidelines for the evaluation during the remainder of the school year, including student leave and the administrative and educational body, as the date of the spring vacation has been submitted to all students, to begin on the eighth of March and until 19 of the same month (for a period of two weeks), and the administrative body leave And educational from Sunday, the eighth of this month to Thursday, 12 of the same month (for a week).
The Ministry carries out specialized training for the administrative and educational body, starting from 15 of the current month until 19 of the same month, and school administrations follow the attendance of the administrative and educational body for direct training on a daily basis, as the directors of the domain follow up on the direct training in its schools, and provide the necessary support, and the ministry applies an initiative Distance education for students, as the initiative begins for all students, starting from 22 March to the second of April (for a period of two weeks).
The Ministry called on everyone, from school administrations, teachers, students and families, to abide by the instructions of the competent authorities, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, regarding the need to avoid travel, given the current situation of the new Corona virus and its spread in several countries, and in the event of travel, preventive measures will be taken when Returning from outside the state, at the discretion of the competent authorities, represented by medical checks at the airport, and then kept in the domestic quarantine pending confirmation of the safety of the traveler. In case of confirmation of infection with the virus, sanitary isolation procedures will be applied in health facilities, in order to ensure its safety and avoid contact with others.
• “Education” called on school administrations, teachers, students and families to abide by the instructions of the competent authorities.
• 15 students a maximum number of students on the examination committee.