The Knowledge and Human Development Authority announced procedures and guidelines for reopening private schools in Dubai for the next academic year 2020-2021, which were developed in coordination with the relevant government agencies in Dubai, to ensure that appropriate and effective options are available for each school separately to preserve the health and safety of its students and its educational and administrative cadres simultaneously. With the reopening of private schools in Dubai next September.
The package of procedures and guidelines adopted coincides with the Dubai government's keenness to ensure the highest levels of readiness for private schools in Dubai to receive students at the beginning of the new school year in a framework of positive cooperation between the various elements of the educational community, while emphasizing the need for prior consultation between private schools and their cadres and parents to determine the most appropriate form For students to return again to the school building to keep pace with the procedures and guidelines approved, where the Knowledge and Human Development Authority devoted a team to follow-up on school inquiries daily through video communication technology, to ensure that all information is available in front of the school school teams concerned, and to help each school understand and keep pace with the instructions and procedures required to reopen its doors For the new academic year.
Each private school in Dubai will submit its proposal to the Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority, including the most appropriate model that matches its capabilities and meets the needs of parents for the new academic year, no later than July 14, when the specialized team in the authority will undertake the tasks of studying the application and accrediting it according to the preventive guidelines Approved.
Mohamed Ahmed Darwish, Executive Director of the Permits and Compliance Sector of the Knowledge and Human Development Sector said: "These precautionary and precautionary measures and guidelines come to ensure that the health and safety of students are preserved as a top priority, in addition to ensuring that all students receive the best possible learning experience and of high quality within the current conditions."
Darwish pointed out that the procedures for reopening schools again for the new academic year are in line with the standards issued by the relevant authorities in Dubai, as well as international best practices that are commensurate with the reality of the private school education system in the Emirate of Dubai, stressing the importance of schools and parents cooperating on these procedures and guidelines For its role in providing the highest safety standards for students and educational and administrative cadres working in all private schools in Dubai, and developing innovative models for teaching and learning.
The procedures and guidelines adopted cover a range of aspects that ensure the health and safety of students, including: entry procedures, receipt and delivery of students, school visits, periodic checks, hygiene and periodic sterilization, place arrangements and physical spacing, the mechanism for providing educational services, school transportation, food and drinks, in addition to To physical events and activities.
Dubai hosts 209 private schools, which implement approximately 16 diversified educational curricula, and receive about 300,000 students.
For more information and details about the procedures for reopening private schools in Dubai for the academic year 2020-2021, you can visit the following link: https://www.khda.gov.ae/ar/safetyatschools