The ministries of Education, Health, Interior and information have launched a campaign under the title ‘Safe Education’ as about 520,373 male and female students in public and private Arab schools will once again Sunday go their classrooms after an absence of almost a-year-and-a-half due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The students, teachers, and visitors are strictly required to abide by the health protocols and other procedures put in place by the concerned authorities.
The campaign, the Al-Rai said, comes from the keenness of the concerned authorities about the health and safety of the students, and an embodiment of cooperation, solidarity and coordination between the state ministries to provide a safe educational environment of the highest levels of prevention.
The campaign aims to confirm the commitment of students, parents, and the administrative and educational bodies to apply the precautionary and health requirements and procedures, from the moment they leave the house and arrive at the school building.
In this regard the Ministry of Education is working in cooperation with the relevant ministries to establish all means to ensure the safe conduct of the educational process.
It also aims to establish a comprehensive approach and system for prevention, by enhancing awareness, knowledge and culture among the target groups, through media messages, audio-visual media platforms, social networking sites, cinemas, and screens inside malls, gas stations so the message gets across to the largest segment.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Dr. Ali Al-Yaqoub, said in a press statement the campaign aims to educate the students and their parents about the importance of adhering to the instructions of the Ministry of Health and the application of health requirements, in addition to their cooperation with school administrations in implementing precautionary measures.
Al-Yacoub stressed that the campaign comes within the framework of the Ministry of Education’s keenness on the safety of students and workers in the school administration and the educational authority.