School week at Egypt’s Azhar educational institutes reduced over coronavirus fears
School week at Egypt’s Azhar educational institutes reduced over coronavirus fears
Days of attendance at schools affiliated to Egypt's Al-Azhar have been reduced to keep pupils safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, as per recent regulations issued by the Al-Azhar Educational Institutes Sector on Wednesday, three days ahead of the onset of the new school year.
The new regulations allow Al-Azhar's students from first grade through to third grade to attend class in-person four days a week, while pupils from the fourth grade all the way to the third secondary school will attend school for only two days a week.
Al-Azhar's recent announcement represents a backtrack on the previous plan of allowing high-density schools to receive students five days a week and low-density schools to receive them three days a week.
The new regulations aim at reducing the density at