Covid-19: Teachers, school staff asked to work from home

Covid-19: Teachers, school staff asked to work from home

Coronavirus in UAE: Teachers, school staff asked to work from home. Provided that distance learning continues, all private school employees, including teachers and support staff, have been advised to work from home, said the UAE government.. Schools cannot allow all employees to work from home, management can allow a maximum of 20 per_cent of teachers and staff within the school building, said a joint circular from the UAE Ministry of Education and the all private education regulators in the country.. As Khaleej Times had earlier reported, following the four-week closure of all schools and universities in the country, that started on Sunday, March 8, several private schools were asking teachers to report to work.. The new circular says, "Based on the directives from the Ministry of Interior and the National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority pertaining to urging the public to stay at home unless it is necessary to get essential supplies or to perform essential jobs, we ask schools to allow all employees to work from home provided that the distance learning continues for all students.". If employees remain within the school building, schools have been asked to strictly adhere to the instructions set by