Education and Knowledge excluded the families of students of determination

The requirement for a Corona examination to enter schools costs the families of students 3000 dirhams per month

"Education and Knowledge" Strict rules have been put in place to ensure the health and safety of all students.

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Students of kindergarten students demanded to cancel the requirement to show a negative test result for the emerging corona virus to enter school with their children, especially as the cost of the examination reaches 370 dirhams, and its result is 72 hours, which costs them about 3000 dirhams per month, in addition to the difficulty of obtaining consecutive examination dates, Hospitals refused to repeat the examination before the lapse of two weeks.

Private school administrations have informed students' parents that it is necessary to show the guardian the result of a negative examination for the Coronavirus (within 72 hours) before he is allowed to enter the school building, in order to deliver his child “people of determination” or kindergarten students who suffer from a fear of separation from their parents, given their young age Noting that this condition was set based on the decisions of the Department of Education and Knowledge, and it will be implemented every time the guardian wants to enter the school building.

Parents stressed the need to abolish this condition and be satisfied with the guardian wearing a muzzle, measuring his temperature, and forcing him to maintain social distancing distance, given that the application of this condition will cost them 1500 dirhams per month, the value of the fees for four tests for a nose swab (PCR), and the amount can double to 3000 dirhams For parents of students registered in schools that decided to apply the full-time model, and they indicated that the continuation of this condition will push them to withdraw their children from kindergarten and recover the value of the first installment and wait for the next year to register them in KG2 kindergarten, or in the first grade directly.

Parents, Rabab Sanusi, Wael Shaheen, Marwan Ahmed, and Saida Khalil said: “Over the past two days, we continue to hear our children screaming on their way to class until we leave the main school door,” noting that the decision to prevent parents of young children from entering the classroom It creates hatred between the child and the school, as it is required to undergo a corona examination to enter with their children.

They indicated that conducting a "Covid-19" examination once or twice every week to obtain a negative result every 72 hours is not a practical decision, and does not protect students in anything, as the guardian can conduct the examination and get infected after receiving the result and before 72 hours have passed. .

Parents of kindergarten and first grade students, Shadi Salam, Mervat Youssef and Zain Salah El-Din, called for their treatment according to the protocol for treating teachers and school personnel, as a single-time nasal swab examination (PCR) is performed, and they are allowed to enter the school, pointing out that the workers In schools, they do not stay inside them, they go out for two days and interact with others.

While the relatives of students, Ahmed Rajai, Angel Fahim and Safaa Mahmoud indicated that they had registered their children in kindergartens based on the school's announcement of the implementation of the full-time system, and they were not informed of this condition, indicating that they are considering canceling their children's registration this year, and recovering the fees that They paid it to schools, and enrolled them next year in KG2, or directly in first grade, after they became confined between two options, both of which are difficult: the first is to transfer children to study remotely throughout the first semester, despite the ineffectiveness of this system for young children, or endure the daily screaming of their children when they leave suddenly .

The relatives of students confirmed that they contacted examination centers and private hospitals to ask about the possibility of performing the examination for two weeks, but they refused and confirmed that it was not possible to conduct the examination without a medical reason before the lapse of two weeks.

While «Emirates Today» comments by students on the account of the Department of Education and Knowledge on «Twitter», in which they demanded a review of the issue of (PCR) examination as a condition for entering the school to deliver their children.

While teachers and officials in private schools stressed (they requested that their names not be mentioned), the importance of allowing families of kindergarten students to enter the classroom with their children, especially in the first month of study, so that the child is reassured and the transition from the home environment to the educational environment does not constitute a shock that may accompany him for a long time .

They indicated the possibility of schools applying adequate precautionary measures in the event that students' families are allowed to enter the school building and canceling the requirement to show the results of the corona examination.

On the other hand, the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge stated, in its response to the questions and complaints of students' families sent to it by "Emirates Today", that the parents' guide to reopening schools shows the measures that parents must take to ensure students' health, as they can deliver their children to school until The student delivery points specified by each school with the commitment to wear masks and the rules of social distancing at all times without the need to show negative examination results, while parents must present a negative test result that is valid for only 72 hours to enter the school in cases of necessity, noting that parents are excluded Students of determination from this condition.

Regarding the parents' demands for equality with teachers and administrators in schools with entry procedures, or forcing the latter to show a negative result every 72 hours to allow them to continue entering the school, the department clarified that it has set strict rules to ensure the health and safety of all students and cadres present during their time in the school, noting Noting that it will coordinate with school administrations regarding repeat examinations for teachers, administrative staff and employees.

The department confirmed that it called on parents to adhere to all the conditions of the educational model that they choose, while directing private schools in Abu Dhabi to deal flexibly in this regard during the first two weeks of the semester, in order to accommodate the change requests from parents of students.

Fee refund

The Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed that if the student enrolled in the school for any period of the first week in the semester, or if he did not enroll in the school and the guardian did not inform the school of that in writing before the actual study begins with sufficient time;

The school has the right to keep the registration fees or re-enroll.

The mechanism for refunding students' fees for tuition fees specified that if the student enrolled in the school for a period of one to three weeks in the semester, the school is entitled to retain the value of a full month of tuition fees, and if the student joined the school for a period of more than three weeks to six weeks as a maximum in the semester , The school is entitled to retain the value of two full months of tuition fees, and in the event that the student enrolls in the school for a period of more than six weeks in the semester, the school is entitled to retain the value of the full tuition fees for the semester.

The department clarified that these cases apply to new students and students who registered after the start of the semester, provided that official holidays and days of absence are calculated from the period of the week.

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