The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee has announced that schoolchildren in the emirate could begin attending classes in schools from September for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The decision came following discussions between parents, teachers, principals, and school operators across Abu Dhabi last May and June this year, alongside vaccination of over 80 percent of teachers and school staff including all maintenance and security teams, officials said on June 17.
Meanwhile, around 70% of students would be returning back to school, according to a survey of parents of 230,000 students in the emirate.
The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) had carried out an independent survey focusing on reopening schools and the survey participants included over 117,000 UAE and expat parents of 230,000 students in public, private and charter schools.
Abu Dhabi’s long-term strategy for recovery in the pandemic highlights childrens’ safe return to school and health and safety of the community as top priority.
In September 2020, according to a survey by The Filipino Times, around 90% of Filipino parents had chosen online education instead of a blended learning environment, wherein their children were expected to go to school at least 2-3 times a week.
Numbers from two Filipino schools had revealed that 900 out of 1000 students at The Philippine Global School in Abu Dhabi, and 1400 out of 1500 students at The Philippine School in Dubai, had parents opting for online distance learning modules for academic year 2020-2021.
