25% commitment to the precautionary measures with the return of school hours

Schools in Sharjah extend "remote education" to delay the results of "Corona" for teachers

Students under the age of 12 do not need to be tested for Corona.

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Yesterday, private schools in the Emirate of Sharjah received a number of students, after a four-week hiatus since the beginning of the current academic year, based on the recommendations of the local Crisis and Disaster Committee team in the emirate to preserve the safety of students and complete the precautionary measures in schools, while schools apologized for not receiving students, Because of the delay in the results of the Corona examinations for the educational and administrative staff.

The percentage of students who attended classes did not exceed 25% of the total number of those who chose hybrid education, in compliance with the directives of the Sharjah Special Education Authority. “Emirates Today” monitored the commitment of private schools to precautionary measures to maintain the safety of students, including measuring students' temperatures before boarding buses. And before entering the school building, in addition to maintaining physical distancing within the classroom, making sure that students and teachers wear masks, walking in straight lines with physical spacing, and identifying entrances for kindergarten, foundation, preparation and secondary students.

Administrators in private schools, including "Tomorrow Makers" and "American Terim", confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the Sharjah Special Education Authority directed 25% of the students in the first week, noting that some students whose test results did not appear could not attend.

They added that schools are trying to balance between students who are in the classroom and students who are receiving their distance education.

They added that there are three troubling challenges that schools may face during hybrid education, namely: providing compatibility and balance in giving lessons between students of direct and distance education, technological challenges and the slow pace of the electronic or sometimes smart educational system, and betting on the student’s ability to coexist with the new education system. Whether hybrid or remote, such as enduring wearing a muzzle for a period of five hours, and not having some activities and breaks that he was used to in the past.

They pointed out that the commission gave each school the freedom to choose a safe gradual return plan for students in terms of the grades that must be attended or the number of students, as the focus during the first days was on the lower grades, kindergartens and foundation, and some people in the preparatory and secondary classes.

They said that their schools preferred the start of classes for students under the age of 12, as they do not need to have a Corona examination, and also to ensure the completion of Corona examinations for all students over the age of 12 years, to ensure their safe return to schools, as the decision to return To schools, it was postponed two weeks ago, forcing students to repeat the Corona examinations that they had previously conducted.

While school administrations confirmed that they could not receive students yesterday, due to the lack of results of the Corona examinations for their educational staff and some students, and their delays, which made them send messages to parents stating that there is a condition of the conditions for reopening the school to receive students, which is the obtainment of all school employees On the negative results of the "Covid-19" virus, pointing out that school administrations, in coordination with the Sharjah Private Education Authority, decided to extend distance learning for a few days until the results of all school employees' tests appeared.

The Sharjah Special Education Authority confirmed that all private schools in the emirate, which received students yesterday, were ready to start their studies in the hybrid system in terms of precautionary measures, plans and protocols for the safe return of students to their classes, noting that all students who attended classes had negative results for examinations. Corona ».

She indicated that the return to schools came as a result of concerted efforts between the authority, the emirate's institutions, the Emergency Crisis Committee and the local community, indicating that it will seek, through its field teams, to provide the highest standards of safety and security for students inside schools, to ensure that no student is infected with the Corona virus.

And it indicated that it determined the gradual return of students at 25% of the total who chose "hybrids" in the first week, then the next week at 50% or 60%, after they were examined, then 75%, then 100% within four weeks.

3 scenarios

The Sharjah Special Education Authority stated that the distance learning option is available to parents who want it and not to schools, confirming that it has circulated three scenarios to school administrations since the beginning of the new academic year: hybrid learning and full time for all students - if the school expands according to the precautionary requirements - and the system Shifts (hybrid), pointing out that most schools chose the third system.

"Special education" gave every school the freedom to choose a plan for the gradual and safe return of students.

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