95% attendance rate for end-of-year examinations

«Higher Technology» Repeats Examinations for Students Who Did Not Have «PCR»

Ahmed Al-Mulla: “People with chronic illnesses, people of determination, and sick cases take exams (remotely).”

The Director of Student Affairs at the Higher Colleges of Technology, Ahmed Al-Mulla, stated that the colleges will organize re-exams, during the summer, for students who were not able to take the end-of-year exam, as a result of their delay in obtaining the results of the «PCR» examination, stressing their keenness on the interest of students, and set Their health and safety is a first priority.

Al-Mulla told "Emirates Today": “The colleges required students to obtain a negative (PCR) test result, valid for seven days for those who received the vaccine, and 48 hours for students without the vaccine, to enter colleges' campuses to take final exams, in accordance with the directives of the Ministry of Education. And education, which stressed the need for students to obtain a negative result for the examination (PCR), whether the student had received the vaccine against the virus or not.

He explained that «the number of students who were not able to complete their exams in some subjects because they did not get the examination is small, because more than 80% of college students got the vaccine, and therefore their opportunity was available to obtain a PCR examination valid for seven days, compared to those who did not They receive the vaccine who are required to have a negative examination result valid for 48 hours. ”He pointed out that students registered in four or five subjects, so the examination period is rather short, and one examination is sufficient to perform all the exams.

He mentioned that about 10% to 20% did not receive the second dose of the vaccine or did not receive the two doses, for reasons that may be personal or health, explaining that "the percentage of students attending year-end examinations in the 16 branches of the college at the state level is about 95%."

Al-Mulla pointed out to groups of students who have taken examinations "remotely", including those with chronic diseases, people of determination, and sick cases. The student from these groups applies for the exam "remotely", and coordination is made with him through the college affiliated with him about the application of mechanisms and instructions for performance The exams are hypothetically, indicating that if the exam is in a practical subject and requires the student to attend, then he must attend through coordination with the subject professor and the application of certain preventive measures, when finding an alternative to attending the college headquarters is not possible.

The second semester at the Higher Colleges of Technology witnessed an expansion in the attendance mechanism, increasing it from 15 to 30% for a single course, to meet the requirements of applied education, and in support of the stage of recovery and return to normal life, and the attendance rate for students in general within the same college ranged from 15 to 30%, and the colleges were implemented Attendance mechanism amid adherence to the approved precautionary measures, from the level of physical distancing, wearing masks, keeping the attendance rate within the same college from 15 to 30% per day, and the commitment of students and staff to highlight the negative results of the (PCR) examination.

• Students who received the Corona vaccine are required to have a negative (PCR) examination valid for 7 days.

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