Includes 81 precautionary measures
"Knowledge" identifies 9 axes for opening early education centers
The authority emphasized personal protective equipment for child protection and learning support aides.
Emirates today
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai has identified nine main axes, including 81 procedures for reopening early education centers in the emirate. , Food and beverages, transportation, and the Early Learning Center buildings.
In the recently approved "procedures for reopening early education centers", the authority indicated that children registered in nurseries and early education centers are not obligated to wear masks, adding that nurseries and early education centers will adhere to strict health and safety measures to protect students and staff from infection.
She stressed the necessity of having at least one employee at all times holding a valid certificate in first aid for children, taking into account the distribution of children in separate and fixed groups, provided that their number in one group does not exceed 10 children, and the commitment that the number of cadres be two, as a minimum of eight students. With a maximum of four nannies, for children from six weeks to 23 months old, but for the age group from two to six years, the group of children does not exceed 10 only, and the maximum number of female workers is only five.
The authority confirmed the application of precautionary measures to its early education centers, as the centers must submit their preparedness plan to the authority, to review it and ensure that the plan observes all the precautionary measures approved for approval.
Parents are also required to sign a declaration for their children who are enrolled in the centers, to confirm that their son / daughter is "medically fit" and ready to return to the center, in addition to finally disclosing the status related to travel outside the country.
The authority stated that children of determination who need support can continue to benefit from the services provided by early education centers.
In cases where a child needs a learning support assistant close by (a distance of less than one and a half meters), personal protective equipment for child protection and learning support aides should be worn.
Children of determination who need to receive their therapeutic services at the center’s headquarters can continue to benefit from them, noting that the precautionary measures that the center’s staff must follow also apply to the therapists.
They should be careful to adhere to the precautionary measures issued by the licensing authority.
She pointed out that returning students, who are under the age of 12, are obligated to choose one of two options, either they receive their distance education for a period of 14 days, starting from the day they arrive in the country, or they present a negative result for a PCR examination, so that they can enter the center.
She indicated that a PCR examination is not mandatory for children under the age of 12 years, but it is only mandatory for children who show symptoms of the disease.
Children registered in nurseries and early education centers are not required to wear masks.
Nurseries and early learning centers will adhere to strict procedures to protect students from infection.
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