Authorities in the UAE have officially reduced working hours in schools to 50 per cent in UAE.
The Emirates Schools Establishment (ESE) has issued the new measures for public school teachers and administrative staff attending schools physically.
The measures include dividing the teachers, administrative and technical staff into groups (for instance; A, B and C) while their working hours should not exceed 50 per cent for the coming week.
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Schools should provide separate rooms for teachers and administrative staff, not allow them to mix at all times and stop conducting physical meetings and the meetings should be held virtually.
In a circular to all public schools in the country, the ESE said the measures will be implemented from Monday, January 17 until Friday, January 21.
All UAE public school pupils resumed the second term with remote learning, and it was to continue for two weeks, but authorities announced last Wednesday that students would attend classes virtually for one more week. Classes will be hosted remotely till at least January 21.
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Teachers and administrative staff will go to school campuses from where they will conduct the remote classes.
The establishment urged school administrators to ensure that all their staff have been vaccinated and adhere to the Covid-19 requirements, including wearing face masks and maintaining physical distancing whenever they are at the school premises.
