“Emirates Education” sets 5 steps for students’ attendance

The Emirates Foundation for School Education has identified five steps for designing the school day, focusing on adherence to the academic plan and weekly hours for each stage, distributing subject shares on the new schedule, and the participation of students’ parents about the new academic schedule, stressing commitment to the specified number of weekly hours due to their connection to the curricula and student learning outcomes. 26 hours for kindergarten, 35 hours for the first cycle, and 40 hours for the second and third cycles.

This was stated in the “Working Hours Guides” in government schools nationwide, in accordance with the weekend decision recently adopted by the UAE government. Public school students spend four and a half school days, from Monday to Friday.

The institution has detailed in its guide the steps for designing the school schedule, including five steps: commitment to the academic plan and weekly hours for each stage, working to determine the optimal model for implementing the plan, either through classes or hours, and taking all the considerations required for each model, and among the steps I discussed in The guide distributes subject shares according to the new schedule, so that it is compatible with the school’s specific model, taking into account important considerations according to the chosen model, sharing transportation to organize start and end hours, and working to hold introductory meetings with the students’ parents. About the new academic schedule, preparing the schedule, distributing it, and publishing it to the students of one school.

The guides for kindergarten, the first, second, and third levels identified four considerations for the class schedule during the school day, which includes the beginning and end of school time, the number of classes, the academic plan, the duration of learning periods, and the various activities within the school day.

The institution directed the necessity of communicating with the transportation stations after determining the start and end times of the school day, so that bus plans can be made and buses should be used in more than one route, while keeping at least 45 minutes between the shared schools during the beginning and end of school hours, so that buses can move between the shared schools.

The institution called for amending the timing of the daily school schedule due to the change on Friday, so that it ends at 12 noon, while preventing the option of the regular 45-minute class system or the 60-minute class system, according to specific considerations that suit the schools.

The Foundation stated that the guidelines were designed to help school administrations design effective study schedules according to the seminar in a manner that is consistent with the approved school plan, and in line with the government’s decision to change weekly vacation days and working hours, taking into account the important guidelines in preparation so that the school principal can Choosing the optimal model for his school after communicating with partners, such as transportation to organize common lines between schools.

The workday for students from the first to fourth grades (the first cycle) begins according to two models: the first is implemented according to two options, one of which is “Mondays to Thursdays” at 7:15 and ends at 1:35 a.m., and Friday begins at 7:15 a.m. and ends at 11 a.m. As for the second option, the workday begins at 1:35 p.m. It starts at eight o’clock and ends at two o’clock and 20 minutes, and on Friday from eight until one and forty-five minutes, with a total of 35 classes during the week, including three self-learning classes.

The Foundation set general specifications for the first episode, the most important of which is the duration of the class is 45 minutes, with a total of 35 classes, with 32 realistic classes and three subjective classes, including audio-visual arts, theatre, physical education, design and technology, and a reading class for pleasure, provided that it is periodic.

The institution has set the duration of breaks in the school day at 35 minutes, leaving the school with the option to distribute them in accordance with its internal regulations, provided that the duration of each break does not exceed 20 minutes.

The Foundation has provided schools with the opportunity to cancel the breaks between classes and the morning queue time, so that the time can be used for academic support or completing school assignments, and the working and teaching staff adhere to the approved working hours of 36 hours and 30 minutes and invest time in planning, training workshops and following up on students’ work.

As for the second model for the first cycle, the study times begin according to two options: in the first, the school day begins at 7:15 a.m. until 2:50 p.m., and on Friday, from 7:15 p.m. until 11 p.m., while the second timing begins for students to begin their school day at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:50 p.m. On Friday, it begins at eight o’clock and ends at eleven and twenty minutes, with a total of 27 teaching hours.

Regarding the work determinants in the first episode, the institution focused on adhering to the academic plan at a rate of six hours and 50 minutes per day, with breaks and a queue, from Monday to Thursday, while on Friday, at a rate of three hours and 45 minutes, with a queue and a break, and according to the guide, it granted 40 minutes for a break, and left the option of distribution to the schools, provided that no The duration of one break exceeds 20 minutes.

The institution has made it possible for schools to cancel breaks in classes and queues for the purpose of taking advantage of time and the commitment of staff to the work day, which ends for teachers and administrators in the first and second models at three o’clock on official working days, while Friday is at 11 and a half, and the second option is in which the work and dismissal times are identical, with the exception of the administrative staff, whose work ends on days. Regular at 3:30 and Friday at 12.

The guide was set aside for asynchronous self-education, which takes place according to scheduled classes within the school schedule or outside of school according to directed tasks.

The guide includes working hours for the second and third cycles (from fifth to twelfth grade) in two systems: the first is the “quota system”, where students begin their school day according to the first model from 7:15 to 2:30 from Monday to Thursday, and on Friday it begins. School hours are from 7:15 am to 10:45 am. As for female students, they start their school hours from 8:00 am to 3:15 pm from Monday to Thursday, and on Friday it begins. Their shift is from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with a total of 40 classes, including four self-learning classes, according to specific regulations.

The guide gave schools the space to cancel queues and class breaks, with an emphasis on adherence to working hours and the academic plan, as teachers and administrators begin their work according to two options: the first at seven in the morning until three in the afternoon, from Monday to Thursday, and on Friday from seven until 11:30 in the morning, and the option In the second, work starts from 7:30 am to 3:50 pm, from Monday to Thursday, and on Friday, work starts from 7:30 to 12 noon.

The second system is the “hours system,” in which male students begin their studies from Monday to Thursday from 7:15 a.m. until 2:05 p.m., and on Friday from 7:15 a.m. until 11 a.m., while female students begin their studies from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. 50 p.m., and on Friday from eight to 11:20 a.m., for a total of 30 hours during the week, in addition to three hours in the “self-learning” system.

Teachers’ working hours

The Emirates Foundation for School Education reported that the working hours for teachers and administrative staff will be according to two options: the first starts from seven in the morning until three in the afternoon, and on Friday from seven until 11:30 in the morning, and the second option starts from seven thirty to three thirty, and on Friday from 7: 30 AM to 12 PM.

The Foundation stressed adherence to the plan at 30 hours during the week, and at a rate of six hours per day, from Monday to Thursday, while Friday is at a rate of three hours for self-learning in activities subjects and Group “B” subjects, which are Islamic education and social studies.

• The Foundation provided schools with the opportunity to cancel the breaks between classes and the morning assembly time from school hours.