Pandemic makes UAE students rethink academic priorities – Gulf Today

Pandemic makes UAE students rethink academic priorities – Gulf Today

Pandemic makes UAE students rethink academic priorities

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Two Emirati boys study on a tablet. File/ WAM

Niloufar Saleem, Staff Reporter

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, students in the UAE have taken utmost advantage of the fact that they don't have regular school and that most exams have been called off.

Especially those students in higher classes, for whom these exams would have been a life changer.

Many Indian syllabus schools have students puzzled and parents somewhat rattled for the opportunity that looks kind of bleak to get their children into esteemed universities, which would have been decided based on the marks they scored under normal circumstances.

But now everything has changed. Exams will no longer be the challenge they look forward to, to let students knock on the door of success.

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Like they say, every cloud has a silver lining and this cloud is everything silver, especially for the absolutely enthusiastic students in the UAE, who haven't let the fact that numbers and scores wont decide their future anymore, matter to them.

They continue to strive towards climbing the ladder of success, against all odds.

To capture the delightful and hardworking spirit of the students, Gulf Today interviewed a few young and enthusiastic students studying in the UAE,