They demanded that the students be divided into vaccinated and unvaccinated groups

Parents of students call for updating the requirements of “blue schools” before the start of the second semester

Vaccinating 85% of the school's students places it within the first level of the Blue Schools Initiative.

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Students in private schools in Abu Dhabi called for updating the Blue Schools initiative launched by the Department of Education and Knowledge, to define the requirements for school attendance during the second semester, noting the need to give vaccinated students advantages in permanent school hours, movement and activities, compared to non-vaccinated students, instead of Accounting the school as a single block based on the percentage of students who are vaccinated in it out of the total number of students.

The Blue Schools initiative launched by the Department of Education and Knowledge, to return to normal operations based on vaccination rates, classifies the emirate's schools into four levels, where schools within each level benefit from a set of privileges according to vaccination rates among students, pointing out that vaccination will remain optional for students without At the age of 16, the Blue Schools initiative is an additional step towards recovery, a return to normal life, and an enhanced educational and social experience for students in schools.

In detail, students, Rami Othman, Ahmed Jalal, Rasha Wardani, and Nora Khalil, demanded the redistribution of students within schools according to grafted and non-vaccinated groups, with priority given to school hours in full to vaccinated students, in the event that classroom spaces do not allow full-time students.

Others demanded that all students wishing to attend class work be obligated to obtain two doses of the vaccine in full, to be able to enter the school building, or to divide the school into two groups, the first for the vaccinated and for full-time class, and the second for the non-vaccinated and for full-time or part-time depending on the available spaces in the school To implement the conditions for physical distancing between unvaccinated students.

The students’ parents confirmed that many parents are reluctant to vaccinate their children based on the possibility that they are among the unvaccinated percentage in the Blue Schools initiative, and to obtain the advantages offered by the initiative to schools that achieve high vaccination rates, which led to a decrease in the total vaccination rate in schools and the survival of more Of the 73% of the schools in the last level of the initiative "the color orange", while 1% of the schools were unable to reach the first level of the initiative and achieve the blue color.

While teachers and administrators in private schools, Osama Suleiman, Mervat Al-Akram, Alia Hassan, and Waheeda Muhammad, indicated that vaccination rates in schools are high among students from 12 to 16 years old, but measuring this percentage from the school’s total students from the age of four does not reduce it. It allows it to take advantage of the advantages of the Blue Schools initiative, noting the possibility of updating the initiative and dividing the schools into the vaccinated and non-vaccinated large groups model, to allow the vaccinated students to benefit from the privileges allocated to the two restaurants, and to ease the restrictions of “Corona”, in addition to encouraging the rest of the students to take the vaccination.

They said: "The consent of the students' parents to vaccinate their children will increase the protection of their children and their family environment and reduce infection with the virus, in addition to raising the collective immunity in the country and contributing to the return of children to the form of attendance education completely and without any interruption."

They stressed that “vaccinating school children, after about 99% of educational and administrative staff in the educational field have received the vaccine, will ensure a return to physical education within all schools, where they will have been able to reach collective immunity, and the high number of vaccinated students will contribute to protecting their academic achievement.” their social upbringing and health, as well as the protection of their families and the return to normal life.”

While doctors confirmed that vaccinating children against “Corona” has become a necessity after the spread of mutant, especially since children often do not show symptoms of infection, which contributes to the spread of the virus and the transmission of infection to their families and other children, in addition to that the process of vaccinating children will speed up Reaching collective immunity, and ensuring a return to the full attendance education pattern in all schools, and preventing the interruption of education and the transition to distance education due to the registration of injuries in schools.

On the other hand, the Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed that, according to the Blue Schools initiative, schools that will achieve the targeted vaccination rates will have many advantages, including easing the requirements for physical distance, easing the requirements for masks, easing the school closure protocol, increasing classroom capacity, and increasing the capacity of school buses, Allowing school trips, resuming activities inside the school campus, resuming extra-curricular activities, and allowing team sports, in addition to allowing the organization of sporting events inside and outside the school campus.

The department pointed out that the classification levels include “orange” for schools where the vaccination rate does not exceed 50%, “yellow” for schools where the rate ranges between 50 and 64%, and “green” for schools where the vaccination rate ranges between 65 and 84%. The "blue" level is for schools in which the vaccination rate has reached 85% or more.

She indicated 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 site also includes dedicated tools that allow For students’ families, they search for a specific school, see the vaccination rate and follow up 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 parents to display the vaccination rates in the school according to each child, and an update will be made School vaccination rates every two weeks on the Al-Hosn app and the initiative's website.

The department pointed out 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.

• “Blue Schools” schools are classified into four levels, and benefit from privileges according to vaccination rates among students.

• Vaccination remains optional for students under 16 years of age, and the initiative is an additional step towards recovery and a return to normal life.

Vaccination Statistics

Statistics issued by the Department of Education and Knowledge showed that the number of vaccinated students in Abu Dhabi private schools and partnership schools amounted to 116,936 male and female students, 43% of the total students registered in schools, while the number of vaccinated teachers and employees reached 34,498 people, constituting 98% of teachers and vaccinated staff working in schools.

The platform of the Blue Schools Initiative "Together we will return to normal life", launched by the Department of Education and Knowledge, showed a decrease in the percentage of schools that are still within the orange color range to 73.1% of the emirate's total schools, while the schools that obtained the yellow color amounted to 17.6%, and the schools of green color 8.4%. The percentage of blue mark schools was 0.9%.

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