Sharjah authorities discuss plans to reopen schools – The National

Sharjah authorities discuss plans to reopen schools – The National

Sharjah authorities discuss plans to reopen schools. A second scenario will involve pupils being taught via a mixture of classroom learning and online programmes, while a third would see all pupils return to school as normal.. "SPEA has held a virtual meeting with the private schools board of directors in Sharjah to discuss preparations for the academic year 2020-2021," a statement said.. "Provisions included the continuation of remote learning in case Covid-19 still exists, a provision of "merging between direct learning and virtual learning" through returning to learning in schools with a capacity no more than 50 per cent for each school.. Under the second possible scenario, only 50 per cent of pupils from each school would be allowed to return at any one time, with the remainder continuing online learning.. Alison Rego, 37, from India, said she would be happy to send her seven-year-old daughter back to school in Sharjah in September if numbers of coronavirus cases were decreasing.. "If I am sending my child to school for only 50 per cent of the time, I expect that the school would only charge me 50 per cent of the fees," she said.. "I have not re-registered my daughter at