Abdullah bin Zayed presides over the meeting of the Education and Human Resources Council remotely
"Education" discusses the mechanism of the educational process in the second semester, according to developments
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Chairman of the Education and Human Resources Council, affirmed that the safety of citizens and residents on the land of the country is a top priority for our leadership.
The Minister of Education, Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, announced that "determining the mechanism of the educational process in the second semester, whether in public or private schools, universities or nurseries, depends on several considerations. There are more than one option and scenario is presented, and the best options will be taken according to developments."
This came during a meeting of the Education and Human Resources Council, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which was held via remote visual communication technology.
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan praised the efforts made by all educational bodies, parents and students to ensure the continuity of the educational process and its advancement despite the current circumstances and challenges.
His Highness indicated that the educational authorities are doing everything they can to provide a healthy and safe educational environment that enables students to achieve academic achievement with high levels of competence, whether in the classroom or through digital education technologies.
The Minister of Education, Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, reviewed the latest developments in the application of the general framework for operating educational facilities in the country and the set of protocols, requirements and precautionary measures that all public and higher education facilities follow within the framework, which aim to achieve a safe and healthy educational environment in those facilities during the "Covid-19" pandemic. .
Al-Hammadi said: “Learning in universities is continuous and takes place remotely, with the exception of specializations that require the use of laboratories. The health status is evaluated in each university, and accordingly the university decides the educational model that is compatible with it.”
He touched on the latest developments related to the working hours of nurseries, early childhood centers and private schools, in addition to procedures, protocols, potential risks in this regard and how to remedy them, as well as proposals and recommendations related to them.
He explained that determining the mechanism of the educational process in the second semester, whether in public or private schools, universities or nurseries, depends on several considerations, and said that there is coordination with the concerned authorities to track the health status and choose the best for our students according to the current developments.
He added that there is more than one option and scenario at issue, and the best options will be taken according to developments and based on what the competent authorities recommend, in the interest of our students, our teaching and administrative staff, and their families.
Al-Hammadi reviewed the developments of the development framework for the scholarship program at the ministry, which consists of three main axes, namely raising the criteria for student nomination, developing a mechanism for selecting majors, as well as scholarships to higher-level universities.
He stressed that the framework aims to ensure the students' optimal use of the scholarship opportunity, to create fair differential conditions for selecting candidates, and to increase the graduation rates of students from the scholarship programs on time.
He reviewed the statistics of the distribution of scholarship students according to internationally ranked universities and majors, as well as the efforts and procedures followed to support them in a way that guarantees their safety and continuity of their academic achievement under the current circumstances.
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