The Ministry of Education received complaints and reports about the spread of odours in schools in Sitra Island. The ministry has promptly contacted the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), which inspected the schools to investigate the issue.
The ministry has issued a decision to temporarily conduct distance learning in public and private educational institutions located in Sitra and surrounding areas from Monday, April 22 until Thursday, April 25.
The measure comes to ensure that the educational process continues uninterrupted and to allow sufficient time for relevant authorities to inspect all schools in the aforementioned area, a ministry statement said.
The Ministry also decided to suspend the work of early education institutions (kindergartens) located in Sitra and its surrounding for the same period. The concerned team in the ministry will contact them to inform them of the decision.
The educational institutions included in the decision are as follows:
1. Government schools-
Sitra Secondary School for Girls
Sitra Intermediate School for Girls
Sitra Primary School for Girls
Sitra Primary School for Boys
Qarnata Primary School for Girls
Al Qadisiyah Primary School for Girls
Al Yarmouk Primary School for Boys
Awal Intermediate School for Boys
Imam Ali Primary and Intermediate School for Boys
Al Munthir Bin Sawa Al Tamimi Primary School for Boys
Umm Al Qura Primary and Intermediate School for Girls
Nuwaidrat Primary School for Girls
Al Jazeera Primary School for Boys
Al Nabih Saleh Primary Girls School
Ibn Al Nafis Primary School for Boys
2. Private schools-
Al Noor International School
Alia National School
3. Higher education institutions-
Applied Sciences University(ASU)
4. Early education institutions-
Abjad Hawaz Kindergarten
Al Batoul Kindergarten
Al Jawaher Kindergarten
Children’s garden kindergarten
Al Rehab Kindergarten
Al Zahraa Kindergarten
Al Shumoos Kindergarten
Al Sadiq Kindergarten
Al Qamar Kindergarten
Mahd Al Azhar Kindergarten
Nibras Kindergarten
Al Nawra’a Kindergarten
The ministry indicated that government and private educational institutions located in Sitra and surrounding areas will take the necessary measures in coordination with the Education Ministry to announce the procedures for distance learning.
The Ministry of Education emphasised that it gives high priority to the health and safety of all educational institution members. It affirmed that it carefully considers all reports received, transferring them to relevant authorities for verification and decision-making.
The ministry’s statement concluded by clarifying that the reports have been received only from schools in Sitra, but it has expanded the application of the distance learning decision to schools in surrounding areas as a precautionary measure.
