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UAE: Private schools ready to reopen in September

Heads of various private school groups in Dubai have expressed their readiness to reopen school campuses in September, following the summer holidays.

An official re-opening date is yet to be announced by the UAE Ministry of Education and the private school regulators of various Emirates. However, school heads said it is a ‘socially and economically imperative for the UAE’ to re-open school campuses, by keeping the health and safety of children at paramount importance.

In a virtual press meet organised by the Education Business Group, a recently – formed group that represents 100 private schools in Dubai, various heads of private school groups have said they are looking to adopt new operational methods. This includes the use of a ‘blended learning’ strategy and stringent sanitisation procedures to ensure child safety once schools re-open.

Blended learning is a practice of allowing some students to come into schools during the week while others continue distance education, thus reducing the number of students on-campus during a given time.

Schools groups such as GEMS Education have already created a ‘risk assessment document’, and the Taaleem group of schools are also in the process of creating their own set of guidelines to manage school education in a post-pandemic world.

The past few months have been economically challenging for schools, and have appealed for support from the government of UAE, said a few panellists.

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