After recording a rise in absences
Schools impose “Friday exams” to ensure student attendance
School administrations encourage students to adhere to the education system.
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The administrations of private schools in the northern emirates required their students who chose the realistic education system to attend on Fridays.
And she confirmed that she imposed short weekly tests, during this day, to ensure that students of realistic education adhere to the school system they set for themselves.
It also set a date for the delivery of the required projects, to prevent them from moving to virtual education, noting that a number of them were satisfied with following the lessons "remotely" during this day.
An administrator in a private school in Fujairah, Aisha Muhammad, said that the school administration has left the students’ families the freedom to choose the type of education that suits them since the beginning of the school year, with the need to adhere to it, unless the student is infected with the Corona virus (Covid-19), or if he has been in contact with an infected person. With the virus, or he suffered from a health problem, pointing out that a number of students were absent on Friday of every week, for no reason, which negatively affects the students’ academic level.
She indicated that the administration tried to contain the issue of high student absenteeism through short weekly tests, as it was allocated to it on Friday of each week, in addition to changing the class schedule, and including entertainment classes, such as music, drawing and sports, to the Friday schedule, to encourage students to attend, and reduce pressure. study about them.
An administrator in a private school in Sharjah, Fatima Omar, confirmed that changing the education system from realistic to virtual on Friday negatively affects students who are committed to a specific type of education, and it also confuses teachers.
And the guardian of four students in academic stages, in Fujairah, Maryam Muhammad Al-Yamahi, suggested converting the school day from real to virtual “remotely” on Friday of every week, due to the short school day, which begins at half past seven in the morning and ends at eleven thirty, confirming. She has difficulty getting her children to school and getting them from her during this short period, especially since she is from an area more than 30 minutes away from the school.
The mother of three students studying at different stages in a private school in Kalba, Miad Muhammad Al-Hammadi, stated that she changed the education system she chose for her children from my attendance to virtual on Friday only, and the school administration did not contact her or count her children’s non-attendance to school “absent” for their attendance today. The school is completely “remotely”, praising some school administrations for taking into account the conditions of students and their families, and not obligating them to abide by the type of education throughout the semester.
The guardian of two students in the first cycle of a private school in Fujairah, Anoud Muhammad, said that the school administration contacted her due to the absence of her two daughters on Fridays, and their conversion to the default system, noting that the school informed her that the short exams imposed on “Al-Waqi” students every Friday are calculated according to the system. The educational system has been agreed upon since the beginning of the school year, and any student receiving education in the real system is prohibited from taking any short test in the virtual system without a reason to do so, as a medical excuse.
• “Schools informed the students’ families that the Friday exams are calculated according to the educational system.”
• «School administrations have confirmed that students of real education are prevented from performing tests by default».
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