The possibility of resuming studies for the next academic year in all private schools in Sharjah

Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) has announced that students can resume their studying next year in all private schools in the emirate, according to the preventive controls and requirements issued by the concerned authorities.
The decision to resume studies during the next academic season comes within a comprehensive plan based on the commitment of educational institutions to precautionary measures, and a careful follow-up to developments and evaluations of the coronavirus pandemic, to ensure the highest standards of safety and protection for students, and for all workers in the educational field from educational and administrative cadres aid workers.

Her Excellency Dr. Muhadditha Al Hashimi, Chairperson of SPEA, confirmed that the decision to resume studies in all private schools reflects the ability and standing of the state in facing crises.

She indicated that the commission will work to communicate directly and permanently with all private schools in the emirate in cooperation with a number of entities and institutions to ensure the implementation of precautionary measures in educational institutions and the commitment of administrative and teaching cadres to them and their application with great awareness and caution, announcing scheduled inspection tours that will be implemented in preparation for the schools and another when students return.

Al Hashimi reviewed the precautionary measures that must be followed and approved by the federal government, the most prominent of which is the commitment to measure the temperature for everyone who enters the school campus on a daily basis, including the cadres working from educational bodies, students and others, maintain the application of the physical spacing procedures approved by the relevant health authorities in the state, reducing absorptive capacity in the classroom, working to sterilize the buildings of educational institutions, classrooms, laboratories and other facilities periodically in accordance with the recommendations of the National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, and work to organise and manage the school day for students, including meal times, to ensure the physical distance of students.

She added that the absorptive capacity of school buses will be reduced so that they do not exceed 30% to ensure the achievement of physical distance, and measure the temperature of each passenger to the bus before boarding it, with a commitment to prevent individuals working in support and maintenance services during the working hours and presence of students and administrative and educational cadres, a claim within the procedures and measures preventive appointment of a health and safety officer trained in each school, in addition to a licensed nursing staff, to ensure compliance with the application of precautionary instructions, controls and requirements.

She called for investing all available spaces and facilities and offering innovative solutions that serve the general goal, clarifying the mechanism for students returning to their schools and raising their plans through mastery and completion platforms until 5th July.

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