39% of the students were vaccinated..and the “Department of Education” implements a vaccination campaign in schools

99% of employees in private schools in Abu Dhabi are vaccinated against “Corona”

Schools that achieve the target immunization rates will gain advantages.

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Statistics issued by the Department of Education and Knowledge showed that the number of students vaccinated against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) in Abu Dhabi private schools and partnership schools reached 106,833 students, representing 39% of the total students registered in schools, while the number of teachers and employees vaccinated 34,632 people, which constitutes 99% of the teachers and vaccinated staff working in schools.

In detail, private schools in Abu Dhabi began implementing a student vaccination campaign in schools for students wishing to obtain vaccination against the “Covid-19” virus during the period from 5-9 December, which was launched by the Department of Education and Knowledge in response to the desire of parents of Abu Dhabi students, to immunize the school community .

The department stated that the results of a survey of students' families in Abu Dhabi showed the desire of 52,000 male and female students in private schools and educational partnership schools to vaccinate their children.

She explained that she had set four levels to classify schools according to the Blue Schools Initiative by distinguishing them with four colors, the first orange, yellow, green and blue, based on vaccination, where the “orange” color was assigned to schools in which the vaccination rate of students did not exceed 50%, and “yellow” for schools where the vaccination rate did not exceed 50%. The vaccination rate ranged between 50 and 64%, “green” for schools where the vaccination rate ranged between 65 and 84%, and “blue” for schools where the vaccination rate reached 85% or above.

The platform of the Blue Schools Initiative "Together we will return to normal life" launched by the Department of Education and Knowledge showed that 81.1% of the emirate's schools are still within the orange color range, while the yellow schools reached 14.5%, the green schools 4%, and the blue 0.4%.

The department confirmed that the schools that will achieve the targeted vaccination rates will have a number of advantages, including easing the requirements for physical separation, easing the requirements for masks, easing the school closure protocol, increasing classroom capacity, increasing the capacity of school buses, allowing school trips, resuming activities within the school campus, and activities Extracurricular activities, allowing team sports, and organizing sporting events inside and outside the school campus.

She stressed that based on the initiative's goals to enhance transparency about vaccination rates in schools, a website for the initiative was launched, to enable students' families to view detailed information about the initiative, the method for calculating vaccination rates, and clear data on mitigating measures for each level. The website is dedicated tools that allow students’ families to search for a specific school, see the vaccination rate there, and follow its progress within the initiative levels in conjunction with the high rate of vaccination, pointing out that the school level will be published soon on the Al-Hosn application, which will allow students’ families to view the vaccination rates in the school according to Every child, vaccination rates in schools will be updated every two weeks on the Al-Hosn app and this website.

The department indicated that, according to government protocols, vaccination for students under the age of 16 remains optional.

Within the framework of the implementation of the Blue Schools Initiative, vaccination is an essential pillar towards a full recovery, as the initiative encourages various students to choose vaccination, enhance prevention of infection with the “Covid-19” virus, and reduce its effects in the school community.

• 4 levels to classify Abu Dhabi schools according to the percentage of students receiving vaccination.

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