Abu Dhabi schools welcome the new year amid strict precautionary measures

Required to conduct a periodic “PCR” examination for students and teachers in schools

• A broad commitment to applying the precautionary measures and the health protocol for the presence of students in schools.

  Photography: Eric Arrasas and Najeeb Muhammad

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Governmental and private schools in Abu Dhabi received students from kindergarten to grade 12 who “preferred the school attendance model”, marking the start of the first day of the new school year, amid strict precautionary and preventive measures, as the first day of the new school year witnessed a broad commitment to applying precautionary measures And the health protocol for the presence of students in schools.

While students’ families called for an organized mechanism in private schools to receive students instead of waiting queues, and to find a periodic examination mechanism to avoid crowding the examination centers, calling for a periodic “PCR” examination in schools, to avoid crowding in examination centers.

In detail, teachers and administrators in schools, Muhammad Rayan, Abdullah Mashhour, Amani Dargham, Manal Naim, Noha Wasfi, and Laila Wafik, indicated that the current school year is exceptional in light of the continuing Corona pandemic, but schools are more prepared and ready to receive students on Study seats as a result of the experience gained to deal with this situation during the last academic year. They stressed that schools opened their doors to receive students of all ages in light of strict precautionary measures, noting their confidence in the success of the current school year in light of the availability of vaccines that have proven to be highly effective, noting that the percentage of students attending school and choosing the direct education system within classes reached about 70% of the total students, and they are housed in the full-time system, or hybrid education according to the classroom spaces, to ensure that social and physical distance is maintained among students, and a distance of one meter between each student is left.

While the students’ families confirmed their happiness with the full return of education, in light of the severe damage caused to their children as a result of distance learning, as the academic level of the majority of students was low, in addition to the great burden that parents bore in following up their children, especially families in which parents work and the lack of facilities for students. Young children during their remote classes, hoping that schools will remain open, five days a week, without exceptions.

He called on the students’ families to find an organized mechanism in private schools to receive students instead of the waiting queues that the schools witnessed yesterday, which exposed the students to standing in the street for long periods, and spoiled the joy of returning to school, in addition to the need for a periodic examination mechanism to avoid them crowding the examination centers, especially All students will take the examination at the same time.

They demanded that the periodic PCR examination be conducted in schools to facilitate students, avoid crowding in examination centers and delay results, especially that younger children can be tested for saliva to facilitate and speed up the sample collection process, in addition to that school nurses are trained to take a nasal swab for older students.

For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed the implementation of all private schools and schools of educational partnerships in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of yesterday, the regulations that require schools to submit daily reports to the department that include lists of compliance with the approved policies, noting that the inspection and compliance teams will continue their inspection visits to schools throughout the semester, and the violations that schools are subjected to in cases of non-compliance ranged between 10,000 dirhams and 250,000 dirhams.

Absence of students due to crowded examination centers

Students of "Emirates Today" informed that their children were unable to attend school yesterday, due to the lack of a negative examination result, referring to the severe crowding in government centers, the completion of the number and the refusal to register new students for the examination, in addition to the refusal of some private centers to conduct the examination. The examinations are free of charge, on the pretext that she has not received a notification of this matter, and inform the students’ families that the examination service has been stopped in order to sterilize the place.

And they indicated that they had received messages from their children’s schools stating that the validity of the “PCR” examination had been reduced, to enter the school on the first school day from 14 days to 96 hours, as the result of the examination should not have passed only four days, including the school day, which contributed to an increase in Overcrowding in centers, and late arrival of examination results.

For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed that it provided free examination for students aged 12 years and over and school staff at specific centers and dates for each school, as a timetable was sent to private schools and schools of educational partnerships in various regions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for “Covid-19” examinations, to ensure that they benefit from Students, teachers and school staff of free examinations in a timely manner.

She indicated that students under 12 years of age and students of determination can obtain a free examination before returning to school in any of the private or public centers in various regions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and it also gave them the option to conduct the examination by analyzing saliva instead of a nasal swab in the centers that Availability of this service.

School apologizes for not receiving students

A private school in Abu Dhabi informed the students’ families that it was unable to receive their children, yesterday, due to the delay in receiving school clinic licenses from the concerned authorities, noting in text messages sent to the students’ families, that the study would start through “distance education” through the “Microsoft Teams” program. » From the first grade to the secondary stage, until they are informed of any developments as soon as they arrive from the Department of Education and Knowledge.

For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge clarified that the schools that recorded cases of non-compliance received a period of three days to correct these cases, where the non-compliant schools got three opportunities to correct cases of non-compliance, and the team visited them after each opportunity to ensure their compliance before issuing the NOC To reopen, noting that if the school was unable to comply with the regulations after three inspection visits, the regulations stipulated that this school would not be allowed to reopen its doors to receive students.

• 250 thousand dirhams fine for violating the school's precautionary measures.

• Students' parents are demanding an organized mechanism in private schools to receive students instead of waiting queues.

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