Educational institutions in Dubai have shared staff vaccination status with parents and are promoting hand hygiene for safe schooling.
Many schools in Dubai have been sharing the staff vaccination data with their parent communities and are adding frequent ‘clean breaks’ to their daily timetable to encourage hand hygiene and allay the fear of parents who are wary of sending their children to schools for face-to-face learning after a steep rise in infections.
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Dr Sheela Menon, Principal, Ambassador School, Dubai said, in consideration of the increase in the number of Covid–19 cases in children and families, ” we have been given approval by KHDA for distance learning for two weeks, till 14 January.” “As a school, we have been sharing with parents the Covid-19 as well as the staff vaccination data. Most of the staff members have taken the booster dose as well.”
Educational institutions are constantly reviewing the situation to ensure that the health and safety protocols are being followed.
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Schools are also following precautions as all extracurricular activities (ECA), school trips, performances, assemblies, events, and internal gatherings have been cancelled, together with no physical education (PE) and additionally, no catering services are currently permitted with all students having to bring a packed lunch.
