95% of Abu Dhabi parents help their kids in e-learning

abu dhabi — Parents’ participation in the remote learning through helping their kids has significantly increased, according to education regulators.

The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (Adek) said the participation of parents in the distance learning system has reached more than 95 per cent with many schools providing distinguished education for students despite the current circumstances.

UAE schools started the distance learning programme on March 22 as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of Covid-19. According to Adek, private schools, parents and students have been able to adapt to the new system very quickly.

During the first two weeks, the percentage of parents’ satisfaction with the programme was 10 per cent while the participation was just 20 per cent. This has increased tremendously over the recent weeks and majority of the parents are now fully participating in their children’s remote learning to ensure good education.

Adek noted that in order to ensure quality education, all schools were told to prepare policies and set the necessary systems to ensure the achievement of a set of requirements, including recording the daily attendance of students and teachers,

setting tests for students, distribution of grades for the current academic year (the first semester for Asian schools) and follow-up and evaluation of students’ performance.