Confirmed: Sharjah private schools to reopen campuses next academic year

Confirmed: Sharjah private schools to reopen campuses next academic year

The Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) confirmed on Monday that students can resume their studies on-site in the next academic year in all private schools across the emirate.

Dr. Muhadditha Al Hashimi, chairperson of the SPEA, said that the authority would communicate directly with all private schools in the emirate, and in cooperation with relevant authorities, to ensure the implementation of precautionary measures in the educational institutions.

A health and safety officer will be appointed and trained in each school, in addition to licenced nursing staff, to ensure compliance with guidelines, controls and requirements, reported official news agency WAM.

SPEA will monitor the implementation of the precautionary measures by the administrative and teaching staff and will hence carry out a scheduled inspection tour while the schools prepare to reopen, and another one after the students return to the institutions.

As part of the preventive measures, schools will be required to take the temperature of everyone who enters the school campus daily.

They must also apply of the physical spacing procedures approved by the relevant health authorities in the emirate, reduce the absorptive capacity in the classroom, sterilise the buildings of educational institutions, classrooms, laboratories and other facilities periodically in accordance with the recommendations of the