Student Health Is Priority During Pandemic, Says Minister

Maintaining the health and safety of students and teaching staff during the COVID-19 pandemic is the main priority for the Ministry of Education, minister Saud AlHarbi said on Wednesday.

“Among our priorities is to provide the right to education and preserving the structure of the educational system,” Al-Harbi, said at a public government briefing broadcast on state TV.

The academic 2019-20 year was completed thanks to long-distance education, as the ministry trained more than 10,929 teachers for the matter.

With the start of the new school year, some 1,243 video lessons were prepared, in addition to the activation of 457,222 online accounts for learners, 73,721 for teachers and 29,902 for senior school staff.

The ministry also employed the use of indicators for the effectiveness of this strategy. Most schools and departments have been linked to the Ministry of Education through an online network, he added in reference to another achievement under his watch, with 250 schools so far and others in the pipeline.

Meanwhile, in regards to higher education, a ministry which also falls under the minister, he said that the number of students sent to pursue their academic learning abroad in 2020-21 has increased by 44 percent compared to a year prior, while student applications for medical studies rose by 12 percent.

 

SOURCE { TIMES KUWAIT

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