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Abu Dhabi prepares for students’ return to campus for second term

Abu Dhabi prepares for students’ return to campus for second term
The return to campus covers all levels, the education authority said. (File/AFP)
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Updated 23 December 2020

Abu Dhabi prepares for students’ return to campus for second term

Abu Dhabi prepares for students’ return to campus for second term
  • Students and staff of private schools who wish to physically attend classes must have a negative COVID-19 test result

DUBAI: The Abu Dhabi Department of Education has released a new set of guidelines when schools reopen on January 3, including limiting classroom capacity to just 15 students.

“The maximum number of students per class is 15 with social distancing at 1.5 meters and mandatory masks for Grade 1 and above... The maximum of 15 only applies to areas where the students are socially distancing and wearing masks,” local daily Khaleej Times has reported, quoting the education department.

The return to campus covers all levels, the education authority said, but schools will be subject to strict precautionary measures to avoid an outbreak.

Schools in Abu Dhabi had started receiving students in campus on Aug. 30 in phases.

Students and staff of private schools who wish to physically attend classes must have a negative COVID-19 test result, which could be obtained for free until December 31 at drive-through centers across the city.

Abu Dhabi has earlier announced a city-wide vaccination drive using the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine by Sinopharm.

The Gulf nation is one of the first countries to start widespread inoculation, after Britain became the first to roll out a campaign using a vaccine by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.