UAE: CBSE schools balancing two batches in Grades 10, 12 at the same time

UAE: CBSE schools balancing two batches in Grades 10, 12 at the same time

Teachers and academic staff are managing time between the two sets of incoming and outgoing students by altering timetables

Published: Mon 18 Apr 2022, 4:28 PM

Head teachers in the UAE are reporting a collision of batches in Grades 10 and 12. The batch supposed to graduate this year is conflicting with the batch that has just entered.

Like last year, teachers and academic staff are managing time between the two sets of incoming and outgoing students by altering timetables or squeezing in study time during any available free periods.

K George Mathew, Principal/CEO, GEMS United Indian School – Abu Dhabi said, “Teachers support two batches (incoming and outgoing) of Grade 10 and two of Grade 12. We are scheduling classes at the same time for both batches for about a month, which has challenged the solution fluency of school leaders."

He says that they have coped with the situation by running a hybrid model for students of both batches. "Flipped learning, online and face-to-face sessions, bespoke assignments marked, and feedback for improvement given in good time are some of the strategies in operation,” he adds.

Abhilasha Singh, Principal, Shining Star International, Abu Dhabi, says, “last year as well we faced a similar situation. As a