The precautionary and preventive measures put in place will make the return to school safe, a senior official has stressed.
‘We count on the co-operation of patents to make the current school year successful,’ Fawziya al-Khater, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, told Qatar Radio on Sunday morning.
She said the educational plan was amended based on the directives of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in line with its assessment of the Covid-19 situation in the country and related developments.
The official said the aim behind amending the academic plan is to make up for the educational gap that students have experienced due to the absence from class for almost six months ane using only remote learning methods.
However, the applicable precautionary and preventive measures would make the return to school classes safe, she noted.
She further explained that the strength of the infrastructure at schools in Qatar has made remote learning successful. Besides, the strength of technological infrastructure in the country has advanced the level of education in Qatar and improve the performance of both teachers and students. Accordingly, the ministry is getting ready to launch a distinguished education platform for students in Qatar soon, she said.
Al-Khater added that the percentage of students' attendance in school classrooms was modified from 50% to 30% in the latest update of the back-to-school plan based on the directives of the MoPH.
‘We expect parents to raise the awareness of our students about the precautionary and preventive measures against Covid-19,’ she said.
She urged parents who want to use buses to transport their children to school to book a place soon and arrange for this with the school to give the management the time needed to prepare in accordance with the measures taken.
Besides, they should provide children with a suitable, safe and convenient educational environment at home along with the necessary apparatus to access remote learning resources such as educationql videos and lessons online, and make sure that they can communicate properly with their educational peers and teachers.
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