The Department of Education and Knowledge decided to expand the educational models, which are to be applied in private schools, for the next academic year, by adding a remote education model completely to the five models approved for the next academic year, in order to meet the desire of a large proportion of students with private schools, and to overcome Their concerns about a safe return to school.
In detail, the department announced the provision of a distance education option for all students of private schools in the emirate, during the first semester of the next academic year, in response to many requests from students ’families that their children should continue to stay at home and receive their lessons remotely, noting that adding the education option Remotely completely alongside previously announced options, which include five models that include full-time, part-time, week-long, day-to-day rotation, or hybrid education, allowing students with greater flexibility in managing the return of their children to school.
The department indicated that the results of a questionnaire for the parents of students, in which 63% of the total parents of students of private schools in Abu Dhabi participated, and polled their views on various aspects related to the reopening of schools at the beginning of the new school year, including the school time model and its duration and means of transportation for students , And others.
Many respondents preferred the continuation of distance education, considering that it enables them to manage their time in the best way, as 39% of the citizens participating in the questionnaire preferred the continuation of the distance education model, compared to 33% of the residents.
It is worth noting that the Education and Knowledge Department decided to fully implement distance education for students with special cases, whose cases require not to go to school, and it is required to submit a medical report that proves that in order to allow them to distance education.
Return to school through 4 tracks
The Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed that the policy of reopening schools is based on four axes, which include: safe operations, education and learning, student and staff safety, and community support, noting that the safe operations axis focuses on measures aimed at ensuring safety in all existing school operations, Whereas, the education and learning axis sets clear guidelines for social divergence and other safety measures without prejudice to the main academic goals of schools.
Within this axis, schools must follow three basic preventive measures, foremost of which is achieving social separation, by making the necessary arrangements to reduce mixing between people as much as possible, providing protective equipment, installing appropriate protective and separating equipment, and other protective measures, and maintaining The highest standards of hygiene and sterilization.
The department indicated that the axis of student safety and faculty staff is at the top of its priority when returning to schools, while the community support axis encourages schools to develop plans to provide support and assistance to needy students, including deduction of fees, deferred payment, and division of class fees into monthly installments, and others.
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39% of the citizens support the continuation of “distance education”, compared to 33% of the residents.