The rate is up to 50% among secondary and middle school students
Public and private schools witness unjustified absences "on Friday"
Revisions before exams are very important.
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Public and private schools witness unexplained absences, usually during Fridays and the period leading up to the exam season.
The percentage of absenteeism recorded by schools varies from one stage of study to another.
It reaches its peak in the secondary and preparatory stages, as it sometimes reaches 50% of the total students in the class.
The students’ families stressed the necessity of imposing penalties on students who are not committed to attending, because they negatively affect their peers who are committed to attending, especially since some of them begin to be absent before the final exams date.
The administrations of private schools stated to "Emirates Today" that "the issue of absence is not a recent problem, as many students have practiced it for years."
She stressed that "students who are not committed to attending negatively affect committed students, because their failure to attend requires urgent organizational measures to be taken during the school day, which causes the loss of a large part of study time, as teachers are forced to gather stage students in one class and explain the curriculum to them from In order to give the committed student his right to receive lessons on a regular basis.”
An administrator in a government school in Ajman, who preferred not to be named, said that the regular lessons and reviews that teachers provide to students before the exam period are very important, and help students understand the lessons, which avoids the need for private lessons in critical times, stressing that Friday witnesses the absence of some Non-compliant students.
She said that "the school administration was forced to communicate with the parents of the absentees to find out the reasons that led their children to this behavior, but it did not get real answers."
She pointed out that many of the students' families call for establishing their children and teaching them writing and reading skills that they were unable to master during their distance education, but they do not cooperate with the school's methodology in supporting students and allocating lessons for them at the end of the semester.
She was supported in her opinion by an Arabic language teacher in a private school in Fujairah, Noor Muhammad, who said that a large number of students' families do not attach the necessary importance to their children's commitment to school hours on Friday.
She stressed that "the lessons are continuing and will not be repeated for students who are not committed, because the end-of-semester exams are at the door, and yet there are students who are not committed to attending."
Abdullah Ali, an administrator at a private school in Ajman, said that "the school recorded full compliance during the school day on Friday for students of kindergarten through the fifth grade of primary school, but the absence rate reaches 50% for students in the preparatory and secondary stages," noting that there are students who are not committed. On Fridays since the beginning of the school year.
He stated that "teachers continue to give lessons to committed students, and they do not intend to re-explain them to absent students."
On the other hand, the guardian of a female student from the Emirate of Fujairah, Moza Saeed Al-Dhanhani, confirmed that the main reason for the students' absence is the father's approval of his children's wishes not to go to school or attend classes "remotely" on Friday.
She added that "these parents may have to pay 500 dirhams for private lessons during the end-of-term exams, to ensure that their children absorb the lessons in which they missed the teacher's explanation and review."
The mother of a middle school student in the city of Khorfakkan, affiliated to the Emirate of Sharjah, Arwa Muhammad, said that her daughter informed her after returning from school last Friday that the school administration had to collect students from different classes in one class and give them the lesson due to the absence of a large number of students, stressing that she continued With the group of mothers who separated their daughter on WhatsApp, and that they informed her that they preferred the absence of their daughters because school hours were short and the teachers finished the school curricula.
• Regular lessons Students avoid the need for private lessons at critical times.
• A school administration contacted the parents of the absentees to find out the reasons for this behavior, but it did not get real answers.
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