Survive or Thrive? Helping young people to be happy during a pandemic

  • Date: 14-Sep-2020
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Bahrain
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Survive or Thrive? Helping young people to be happy during a pandemic

At the start of a new academic year with COVID 19 continuing to affect the education of millions of students, as we continue to battle with the challenges and seize the opportunities, we are becoming more aware of the social and emotional impact of the pandemic on our young people.During these times, teachers across the region are doing their very best for their students, working hard to support their learning. In this new school year, we, at Britus Education, have a significant percentage of our students in Dubai, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia learning online, interacting with their teachers and peers ‘at a distance'. However, students are also in school and it has been my pleasure to visit classrooms and see children learning and enjoying the new term. However, there is