Al-Salami calls on the Ministry of Education to conduct a study on the disadvantages of long school hours
A parliamentary proposal to reduce the school day by “an hour” to protect students from exhaustion
Reducing the hours of the school day enhances family communication.
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Obaid Al-Salami: “Those in charge of managing the educational process must reflect the policy and objectives of the leadership and government related to the education file and its quality.”
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A member of the Federal National Council, Obaid Khalfan Al-Salami, informed «Emirates Today» that he intends, during the council session to be held this morning, to submit a parliamentary proposal to the Minister of Education, Dr. noon, by pressing and reducing classes, with the aim of allowing more time for students, to enhance family communication, and protect them from exhaustion, explaining that the proposal will be part of a question to the minister in which he requests that the ministry conduct a research study on the disadvantages of the length of daily school hours, which he considered affects the quality of Families, and the mental and physical health of students.
In detail, the Federal National Council is holding its third session of the fourth regular session of the 17th legislative term, chaired by the President of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, today, at the Council's headquarters in Abu Dhabi, during which it discusses a draft federal law regarding approving the consolidated final account of the Union (consolidated financial statements). On the fiscal year ending on 12/31/2021, and a federal draft law regarding linking the general budget of the federation for the fiscal year 2023, while members of the Council ask eight questions to the Minister of Education, Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Belhoul Al Falasi, and the Minister of State for Financial Affairs, Muhammad bin Hadi Husseini.
A member of the Federal National Council, Obaid Khalfan Al-Salami, confirmed that his question sheds light on the negative health, psychological and social effects resulting from the long school hours, especially for kindergarten students and the first educational circles, explaining that he had received countless complaints from parents of citizens and residents, all of which confirm that The length of the school day in public and private schools leads to exhaustion of the student and increases pressure on him at an early age, and reduces his feeling and motivation towards education.
Al-Salami told Emirates Al-Youm: "It has been noticed recently that the students of both public and private schools have changed from exhaustion and fatigue due to the long hours of the school day, which begins with waking them up at five in the morning, and extends for about seven or eight classes, to end. By arriving home after four in the evening, where they meet with their families while they are exhausted and exhausted, and accumulated duties and projects await them, with which there is no room for rest, hobbies, community participation, or family visits.” He wondered if the Ministry of Education had a plan to assess negative results. Due to the length of the current school hours, and then reducing the school day by an hour per day, to end at exactly two o'clock.
And he continued: «Those in charge of managing the educational process must reflect the policy and objectives of the leadership and government, related to the education file and its quality, especially since the UAE government meetings that were held under the chairmanship of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, a few days ago. She focused on the importance of ensuring the provision of psychological and physical comfort for school students, as it is one of the most important elements of education, and this matter comes with moderation and balance in the school day, because the lesson in the quality of education is not the number of hours of the school day, which is a challenge that the Ministry succeeded with great success with during the Corona pandemic crisis. When I provided what facilitates students to obtain knowledge in a concentrated manner without the need for a arduous and long school day,” praising the ability of the Ministry and its officials to respond quickly in dealing with any matters affecting the educational process.
Al-Salami called on the Ministry of Education to conduct a comprehensive research study on the effects of the long school day in its current form, to clarify its negatives and positives, and based on the results and outputs of the study to take the most appropriate decision, provided that it publishes the results of the study in various media, and presents it to the Federal National Council, to ensure compatibility. General about what you will end up with decisions.
Al-Salami confirmed that he will submit, through his question, a parliamentary proposal to the Minister of Education, to reduce the duration of the school day by one hour, by reducing the time of the school class, thus reducing the schedule of daily classes, especially since the last classes in many schools are less important, and sometimes they are without activities. He called for the importance of emulating what His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court emphasized, during the recent government meetings, when His Highness said: “If laws constitute an obstacle to making any decision in the interest of society, they must be amended.” .
The student spends more than half of his day at school
A member of the Federal National Council, Obaid Khalfan Al-Salami, said: “After a long monitoring of the phenomenon of the length of the school day, I found that the student spends more than half of his day at school, in addition to his commute back and forth between home and school, and when he returns home he is required to perform duties and assignments. Domestic, at the expense of the time allotted for social, family and recreational activity, which directly affects the quality of families.” He stressed that continuing to focus on long-term education may make schools a psychologically repelling environment for students, because it transforms the student’s feelings and motives towards education from positive to negative. .
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