Coronavirus: virtual summer camps in Dubai to help pupils catch up on lost learning – The National

  • Date: 06-Jul-2020
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Coronavirus: virtual summer camps in Dubai to help pupils catch up on lost learning – The National

Tutoring centres in Dubai report a surge in interest for tuition sessions in core subjects

















Joanna Lynch, centre director at The Tutoring Center in Dubai, said they had launched a new maths programme for pupils. Courtesy: Joanna Lynch







Academic institutes in the UAE have introduced virtual summer camps to help pupils make up for lost school learning because of Covid-19.



Education experts said many parents have raised concerns of their children falling behind in core subjects as they struggled with the months-long e-learning when schools shut down in March.



Tutoring centres in Dubai reported a surge in interest for one-to-one classes for mathematics, science and English, especially for younger children.



Over the past few weeks, families across the country have signed up for in-house and online summer courses focused on curriculum-based "catch-up sessions".









With the move to online, there has been something of a shift to keep up with schooling over the past term





Alex Rudgalvis





"Summer was always a great time to catch up with any work that had been missed in the previous academic year,“ Alex Rudgalvis, centre director for Tutoring Club