The absenteeism rate reached 60%.. Distance education is required in private schools on Friday

Yesterday, the first Friday of the third semester witnessed the absence of large numbers of students in private schools in Abu Dhabi, which reached 60 percent in some schools, amid expectations of school principals and teachers, of high rates of student absenteeism in all seminars, while students called for the application of education through After Friday, it is the same as in government schools, especially since the school day is only two hours long.

In detail, officials in private schools in Abu Dhabi, "who preferred not to mention their names", confirmed that they expected that Friday would record high absenteeism rates among students, so they informed students and their families of the possibility of registering attendance through e-learning platforms, receiving explanation sheets and reviewing lessons at home, pointing out that they do not They can provide direct lessons via the Internet, due to the decision of the Department of Education and Knowledge to return face-to-face education to all students.

They pointed out that it is better and to facilitate, for students and their families to allow schools to offer the option of applying distance education on Friday, provided that attendance for students continues for the rest of the week, in order to facilitate the students’ families who will not be able to attend on the time specified for students’ departure.

While students on social media and WhatsApp groups called for converting the school day from real to virtual (remotely), on Friday of every week, especially in the month of Ramadan, stressing that this would be better for students, due to the short number of hours of the day. The school day is on Friday, and it is appropriate to be remote, in order to facilitate the students and their families, as it ranges in regular school days from three and a half hours to four hours, while the number of school hours on Friday decreased to only two hours.

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