To help their children while they are away from home

Employees' mothers train maids on distance learning programs

Female employees in the Eastern Region, who work during the morning shift, reported that they trained their domestic helpers on the distance learning system and programs, in order to help them teach their children and follow their lessons through applications, especially for those with three or more children in the foundation stages.

And they stressed that distance education requires the presence of a person with children to help them receive their lessons easily, due to their inability to deal with educational applications.

For her part, the Director of the Office of Manpower and Manpower Recruitment in Fujairah, Mona Ahmed, confirmed that a large percentage of the requests during the previous period were for educated maids who are fluent in the English language, noting that families are using the aid to do many work, including education.

A guardian for two students in the first stage, Rawda and the third primary, Jumana Ali, who works in a government job, said that she had to choose the "remote education" system to study the first semester of the new school year, because her two sons had a chronic disease, which prompted her to teach home help with her. On distance learning programs, and how to deal with them, so that you can attach them to their classes at the same time, without any hindrances.

She added that the distance education system for first-stage students calls for the presence of someone next to them, who helps them enter the assigned classes through groups at the specified time, which makes them in need of continuous assistance.

Her opinion was supported by citizen Abeer Al Hosani, who works in a government position, and said: “Despite the facilities provided by work authorities for parents, it is still difficult for her, because she cannot reconcile between sitting with her daughter in the second grade kindergarten and her son in class The second elementary, and the other in the fourth grade ».

She indicated that the children desperately need the presence of a person who is aware of what the teacher requires from the student during the class through the distance learning program, which made her empty her maid of Asian nationality from household work during the morning period, in order to reconcile her children while receiving classes remotely.

She confirmed that she cordially asked her maid, who has the ability to read and write in the English language, to help her during the period of her children's education, and she taught her how to join the required groups at the time specified by the teacher.

Citizen Asma Ali Al Ali, who works as a teacher in a public school, said that the Corona pandemic has greatly improved the educational system, but she is still having difficulty teaching her daughter in the “distance education” system in the morning, while she is in the meantime. Her work in school.

She pointed out that her daughter is studying in a private school in the Emirate of Fujairah, and she is in a basic educational stage in the first grade of primary school, stressing that students in the first stages have not gained distance learning experience and are not fully aware of how to use the programs or what the teacher requires of them, pointing out that they must Although her daughter and son are studying in middle school, the timing of their lessons corresponds to their younger sister, which makes it difficult for them to leave their lessons and devote themselves to her.

She indicated that she had to train her maid, of Asian nationality, to open a distance learning program and follow up on the lessons, as she agreed with her that she would increase her salary by 300 dirhams, in return for her daughter's follow-up service during the morning period, and the additional work that she had to add to her at the beginning New school year.

"help"

The Secretary General of the Society of Socialists, and a former social service director, Hiba Allah Muhammad Abdul Rahman, said that some families should use the word “aid” instead of the word “maids” for this category of workers, because of the household duties they provide, and because of their responsibility Responsibilities towards the children of the families that brought them through the offices of bringing in maids and manpower, as many families ask them to do many tasks, including teaching children.

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