School heads in UAE confident ‘secure bubbles’ on campus will help fight virus spread

School heads in UAE confident ‘secure bubbles’ on campus will help fight virus spread

With less than a month to go before the reopening of campuses, school heads in the UAE are confident that the strict measures in place will help keep students safe. Smaller classes and 'secure bubbles', in particular, will prevent Covid-19 transmission, they said.

Secure bubbles are where students will study and work only with members of the same group all throughout their classes. They will not change groups or mingle with others, school leaders explained.

Annie Mathew, principal of Gulf Model School, said: "In our blended model of learning, along with all other protocols, one of the strategies we have adopted is to maintain 'stable groups' of students in each class by continuing with distance learning for all optional subjects.