6-9 Number of classroom attendance

70% of the average percentage of students’ absence before the “Al-Fitr holiday” in schools in the northern emirates

Schools have reduced work hours to 3 classes instead of 7.

Government and private schools in the northern emirates recorded an absence from school hours yesterday morning, with a rate ranging between 70% and 80%, which prompted schools to shorten school hours to three classes instead of seven, and end school hours at half past ten in the morning instead of one thirty. .

The directors of public and private schools told «Emirates Today», who preferred not to mention their names, that the responsibility for the students’ absence from school hours before the Eid al-Fitr holiday rests with their families, because the student is left up all night, and he is allowed to be absent from school hours, which affects the In the student’s educational path as a result of repeated absences.

They added that the number of students, yesterday, in each semester ranged between six and nine, out of 30 students, as students of each academic stage were collected in a unified semester, in order to review lessons and classes, and develop students' skills in basic subjects, pointing to the Teachers cannot explain any new lessons, or continue to explain lessons in the absence of a large number of students.

They pointed out that text messages were sent to the students’ families, stating that their children were absent from school hours, and the need to adhere to the school hours today, Friday, whether through in-person or “remote” education, stressing that it is expected that the percentage of students’ absence at all levels of study will increase, and that the school will open The “mic” is used in distance education without the attendance of students, which may lead to the end of school hours before the scheduled time.

School administrations in the Eastern Province confirmed that they communicated directly with the parents of the students who were absent, asking for official proof documenting the reason for the absence.

A class teacher in a private school in the Emirate of Fujairah, Noor Muhammad, said that some private schools avoided the absence of students by transferring students from the sixth to twelfth grade from the attendance system to the "remote" system, while kindergarten and basic education students remained on the attendance system. Their classes were regular and absenteeism was low.

An administrator in a government school in the Emirate of Fujairah, who preferred not to be named, indicated that the school administration listed the names of the absent students, and contacted their parents directly, in order to raise their awareness of the importance of their children attending the school week, and the impact of their absence on their educational levels and degrees of behavior.

He pointed out that the absent students showed a quick response to the school administration by their immediate attendance to the school, and their regular attendance until the end of the school week, stressing that the problem of absenteeism before any official vacation or national occasions continues, and will not change except with a change in the awareness of generations about the importance of non-attendance, and its impact on their levels.

• The number of students in each semester ranged between six and nine out of 30 students.

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