"Sharjah Private Education" sets 4 procedures to implement the 3-day weekend system

“Private Education” allowed each school to determine the appropriate procedure for it to implement.

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The Sharjah Private Education Authority identified four procedures for the mechanism of implementing the weekly holiday system for private schools in the emirate, and allowed each school to determine the appropriate procedure for it to implement.

In a circular issued and distributed to schools yesterday, the authority stated that private schools in the Emirate of Sharjah have the right to apply one or a number of specific procedures, as it deems appropriate to modify their schedules and working times in line with their privacy and the requirements of their curricula.

The circular mentioned the four procedures, first of which, private schools in the Emirate of Sharjah have the right to increase the length of the school day, modify their study schedules and the duration of the class as they see fit, in a manner that fulfills the requirements of the curriculum followed and without reducing the number of classes prescribed for each subject, and the second measure: Private schools have the right to add three hours Weekly as a maximum, by applying the distance learning system, after the end of the school day, in line with the objectives and requirements of the curriculum.

As for the third measure: Private schools have the right to increase a maximum working week over the number of days of the current academic year, either by converting the flexible vacation week granted to schools in the approved school calendar, into school days, or extending the current school year for an additional working week before the start of the summer vacation .

Private schools that apply the curriculum of the Ministry of Education through the fourth procedure are bound by the timetable specified by the ministry regarding assessment and exams only, and they are entitled to apply what is appropriate from the mentioned procedures to modify their study schedules.

The authority indicated that the specific procedures came after meeting and consulting with representatives of private schools in Sharjah, and reviewing the requirements of the various curricula, and the mechanism for implementing the four-day-a-week system, and to ensure a smooth transition during the current academic year.

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