KHDA shoots a sugary tweet on a rainy day
dubai — A popular nursery rhyme may have once alluded to the fact that only little girls are made of “sugar, spice and all things nice”, but it seems ultrasweet students in Dubai may have just found their free ticket to a day off school — doctor’s note permitting of course.
In a humourous response to the hundreds of tweets from Dubai students on Sunday night as to whether schools would be closed here due to the recent heavy rains, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) conjured up the perfect reply to the cheeky requests via Twitter.
Tweeting from its official handle, @KHDA said: “Schools open as usual tomorrow, unless you have a doctor’s note that says you’re made of sugar and will dissolve if you get wet.”
dubai — A popular nursery rhyme may have once alluded to the fact that only little girls are made of “sugar, spice and all things nice”, but it seems ultrasweet students in Dubai may have just found their free ticket to a day off school — doctor’s note permitting of course.
In a humourous response to the hundreds of tweets from Dubai students on Sunday night as to whether schools would be closed here due to the heavy rains, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) conjured up the perfect reply to the cheeky requests via Twitter.
Tweeting from its official handle, @KHDA said: “Schools open as usual tomorrow, unless you have a doctor’s note that says you’re made of sugar and will dissolve if you get wet.”
This latest move by the KHDA has perfectly showcased the lighter side to its work, and it has left a lot of smiles, on a lot of faces.
“@KHDA I am loving this account
“#Dubai students: Now, you don’t have to ask for the day off every time it rains: pre-register your request here. https:// www.surveymonkey. com/r/madeofsugar.” @KHDA
more and more,” @karim_ alk99 tweeted, while fellow Twitter user, @amritasharmi said: “@KHDA u r rocking”.
In addition to its funny tweet on Sunday, the KHDA followed up on Monday with the creation of its ‘Made of Sugar’ survey, wherein students were urged to “pre-register” their requests for a day off next time the heavens open up.
In it, the opening line read: “Why wait till it’s raining to ask us to take the day off school? By filling in this form, you can preregister your request so that next time we spot a drop or two, we’ll have you covered!”