After a 58-day summer break, thousands of UAE children are back in school today for the start of the new term.
A widespread vaccination campaign and rigorous screening protocols, have prompted many families to opt for in-class learning this term, coinciding with the start of the 2021-2022 academic year at many schools. A select number of students, particularly students of determination, have, however chosen to continue full-time distance learning offered by their schools.
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A widespread vaccination campaign and rigorous screening protocols, have prompted many families to opt for in-class learning this term, coinciding with the start of the 2021-2022 academic year at many schools. A select number of students, particularly students of determination, have, however chosen to continue full-time distance learning offered by their schools.
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00:00We are absolutely excited to receive our students back after the summer.
00:26Nearly 80% of our students in the kindergarten to primary who are back on site, a large number in the middle and senior school as well.
00:33We are ready with all of the health and safety procedures which are totally in place to receive these huge numbers
00:39and given that we will go completely on site as a KHDM mandate from next month.
00:43This really owes credit to our visionary leaders and our chairman Dr. Sunny Guarkey
00:49who lead by example for us to beat the odds at all times.
00:54So we are absolutely excited and really looking forward to giving this our best shot.
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01:19I'm really excited for this year. I think it's a lot of decision making but it's exciting and it's a lot of trying new things
01:27which is, you know, new but it's also like learning curve so it means that we get to, I don't know, kind of just grow.
01:34This year I think there's going to be a lot of growth but also a lot of like sacrifices and making new decisions.
01:39I'm beyond excited to go back to school after one and a half years.
01:42I'm really excited. It's good to see new faces, new people, new teachers even.
01:46Yeah, I'm looking forward to this year. Hopefully I can get good results.
01:49I'm most excited about coming back to business and also psychology because I have a new teacher.
01:54Music
02:15Happy!
02:17Music