She urged students' parents to choose an educational model for their children

“Social distancing” hinders the implementation of full-time in private schools

The areas of social distancing between students set by the Department of Education and Knowledge, with a “one meter” between the student and the other, impeded the application of the full-time system for all students in private schools in Abu Dhabi, as schools sent questionnaires to the students’ families, to determine the most appropriate model for their children in the event that they were unable to implement the working hours. complete in their classrooms.

In detail, private schools in Abu Dhabi informed the students' families that reducing social distancing in the first semester of the next academic year to one meter instead of 1.5 meters, which contributes to accommodating more children in the next semester, but schools are still unable to accommodate a semester. full of students, due to class sizes, and asked the students' parents to rank their choices in the educational model they prefer for their children.

The schools provided the students’ families with three options to determine the model that will be applied in each classroom, which included full-time, so that all students attend daily classroom instruction, and part-time, which depends on the schedule determined by each school, so that students receive at least 50% of classroom instruction. A half-time system, whereby alternating days or weeks, in addition to the option of distance education, so that schools will provide full distance education for students who choose this model, noting that according to the policy of the Department of Education and Knowledge, full tuition fees will be applied to all students , regardless of which option is chosen.

Officials in private schools confirmed that they are planning, during the current period, the best ways to continue maintaining a safe and healthy school community, stressing that health and safety is a top priority that will be achieved by following the directives of social distancing issued by the Department of Education and Knowledge, noting that the goal of Questionnaires sent to students' families to determine the number of students wishing to study in the full-time classroom system. For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge stated that, given the new physical spacing requirement (one meter), schools must complete the analysis of their spaces, to determine the maximum capacity to accommodate students who choose the return system for classroom education in the classroom at any time, noting that it must Also, schools that can accommodate all students with a capacity of 100%, must apply the full-time model.

She indicated that only schools that cannot accommodate 100% of their students, using the class attendance system, are allowed to apply the part-time model to all students or to the affected classes or seminars, and schools are also allowed to implement the classroom education system without the option of distance learning, noting. To the need for these schools to continue to provide a distance education model for students who are exempted from attending school due to high-risk health conditions, or who have reached 16 years of age and are not vaccinated.

The department stressed the need for schools to be prepared to move to the distance education system at any time, for reasons of temporary closure, but it is prohibited from applying the distance education system to any class, section or to the entire school, except after obtaining a permit from it, and if the school wishes to Applying a form other than the specific forms for studying during the next academic year, and she must communicate with her in this regard.

13 commitments

Private schools in Abu Dhabi set 13 obligations for all children returning to the school building, which included wearing masks at all times, (except for children in kindergarten), washing hands regularly, disinfection, packed lunch, and providing water from home (the canteen remains closed in First semester), a regular PCR test for children over 12 years of age, full vaccination for children over 16 years of age, in addition to completing the Student Return Acknowledgment Form, and returning it before the start of the semester.

The rest of the obligations included completing the medical risk pledge form, returning it before the beginning of the semester, completing the travel declaration form, returning it before the beginning of the semester, respecting social distancing at all times, checking the temperature upon entry, and staying at home in the event of any symptoms of the virus. Covid-19, and conduct a polymerase chain reaction test, and stay at home in case of close contact with a positive case of “Covid 19”, in addition to informing the school immediately of a case of “Covid 19” virus.

3 options provided by private schools to their students regarding the form of study.

• “Education and Knowledge” prohibits the application of distance education to any class or entire school without a permit.

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