Pandemic-imposed school closures add strain to working parents’ balancing act

Pandemic-imposed school closures add strain to working parents’ balancing act

AMMAN “” Working parents on Sunday said that the government's decision to shut down dozens of schools in the Kingdom in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19 is adding more burdens on them.

Following the rapid spread of hundreds of COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom during the past weeks, the government took several decisions to shut down certain entities, including schools that have registered any COVID-19 cases.

"The government's decision to shut down schools is only adding more and more burdens on us because now we have to constantly monitor our children to make sure they are committed to online learning," journalist Nadine Nimri said.

Nimri told The Jordan Times that although she got support from her newspaper to work from home, "it is still a big burden for me because