Schools left them free to choose the appropriate learning system
65% of kindergarten students in Fujairah prefer "distance education"
Private schools in the Emirate of Fujairah confirmed that 65% of parents of kindergarten students prefer the "distance education" system during the first semester of the next academic year, indicating that they preferred their children to stay at home instead of classrooms, despite the schools implementing the precautionary measures that It was imposed by the Ministry of Education, to prevent the spread of the new Corona virus.
The school administrations reported that they sent e-mails to the students’s parents last week, in which they said: “We are currently planning to reopen the school on August 30th. The Ministry of Education has allowed two options for students’ families, and the fees for both options are fixed. You can choose to send your children to school on alternate days (50% in school and 50% in distance education), or 100% distance education », and the majority preferred distance education.
The Ministry of Education provides parents of students nationwide with the freedom to choose between their children’s attendance at school or distance learning for the first semester, with the aim of achieving stability for the school community, reassuring the field of students ’safety, and at the same time meeting the requirements of social distancing.
Relatives of students confirmed to “Emirates Today” that they have adopted a distance education system for kindergarten, despite paying full tuition fees, to prevent the student from mixing with his peers and entering the new school year in a different educational environment, noting that the reason for choosing distance education is not The ability of children to adhere to the laws of spacing and wearing masks, among others.
The father of two students at a private school in Fujairah, Munir Ahmed, said that he preferred to choose a remote education system throughout the next semester for his son in the second grade kindergarten, while he chose the 50% school system and 50% distance education for his daughter who studies in the ninth grade.
The opinion was supported by citizen Mohammed Rashid Al-Hafiti, father of three students in a private school, saying: “Although I paid the full tuition fees, I chose 100% distance education for my daughter in kindergarten, due to her young age, and her intolerance to wear masks throughout the school day, and I chose The other system is for her two brothers ».
The mother of a kindergarten student, citizen Shahd Khalifa Al Hammadi, confirmed that she had registered her daughter in a private school in Fujairah, which relies on teaching her on the English language, but that she chose the distance education system throughout the next semester.
For her part, an administrator at a private school in Fujairah, Aisha Muhammad, confirmed that most of the students ’families preferred the" remote education "system throughout the first semester, noting that the school had designated a team of female teachers to inform parents about sterile classrooms and arrange for students to sit. To encourage them to enroll in the other education system.
A private school director stated that the students ’parents expressed concern about their children returning to the school classes, stressing that 65% of parents of children’s sports students preferred the distance education system.
"Distance Education"
The principal of a private school, who preferred not to be named, said that the school administration submitted a letter to the Ministry of Education, stating the possibility of permitting the inclusion of the distance education system throughout the new academic year as an option for students, after the school conducted a survey, and most of the students' parents expressed the desire of their children to complete their education Remotely.
She pointed out that most of the students who were registered in the distance education system in the early stages of education, such as kindergartens, and students with chronic diseases.