Daijiworld Media Network - Abu Dhabhi

Abu Dhabi, Mar 11: As a precautionary measure against coronavirus, UAE’s Ministry of Education is expected to announce distance e-education system until the end of current academic year June 2020.

This system, will help students of schools, public and private universities to listen to lectures online. Only exams will be held within the premises of educational institutions.

Though the decision is not yet finalized by the ministry, according to sources, the announcement is likely to happen soon in the backdrop of COVID-19 spreading fast in various countries across the world.

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To put the distance education system in place, the ministry has formed an expanded committee that includes educational and administrative officials from various central departments in its head office in Dubai.

In the past two days, private schools in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah have experimented with the technical applications, through which the distance education initiative will be implemented, in addition to adopting the class schedules and exams for this system.

According to Gulf News, under these applications, each student and parent will be provided with a password that enables the student to use the application, and helps the guardian to follow and be added to his/her son’s classroom. These applications help all students to communicate from within their homes with their teachers in schools, audio and video, and send their notes and inquiries about lessons interactively.

These applications also enable students to send their assignments back to their teachers for correction and to resubmit them to students with a detailed explanation of the errors, as well as to enable the guardian to monitor his/her son’s interactions and behaviours, and to receive detailed reports on the student’s grades in various subjects.