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Abu Dhabi Education Council Announces The Integration Of 20 Government Schools And The Opening Of 11 New School Buildings In The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi |
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The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has decided to integrate 20 government schools and open 11 new school buildings in the emirate of Abu Dhabi for the academic year 2010-2011. The schools are located Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, and Al-Gharbia. “The process of integration of schools was due to the invalidity of some of the schools and the desire to maintain, renew and upgrade security and safety standards for students, in addition to the small numbers of students in some schools, amounting to 180 students in some schools; a matter that made us thoroughly consider the ideal geographical distribution of students according to the strategic plan developed by the Council, which requires that the total number of students shall be approximately 1000 students, as per the designs of the new schools, provided that the capacity for each class does not exceed 30 students,” said Engineer Hamad Al Dhaheri, Manager of Infrastructure and Facilities at ADEC. HE Mr. Mohamed Salem Al Dhaheri also stated that some critical matters have been taken into account along with the integration process among schools, such as students distribution among schools based on the residential areas and its closeness to the schools in order to achieve the emotional stability of students and parents. As for educational authorities, they will be distributed and transferred to schools that were integrated with their previous schools according to the necessary and available positions and based on the applicable standards in the determination of each school needs from educational and technical human resources. ADEC has put into account not to move them to schools too far from their residential areas to facilitate their work and circumstances to establish general interest of work. Administration authorities will be distributed among vacancies based on each schools’ needs from an administrative standpoint. They shall be informed on which schools they will join once the school year starts. Some of the new schools will be divided up to have one section for males and one section for females allowing them to accommodate to as many students as possible. The school, though separated, will remain under one school management. Coordination has been done among the administrations of the schools that will be integrated, informing the parents with the new school to which their children shall join, and their new location, enclosing official messages showing the name of the school and its geographic location at the end of the last academic year. It has also been coordinated with Emirates Transport on the integration agenda to prepare buses required for each school, as per the required destination lines and compatible with residential areas for students and their numbers for each school in order to facilitate the outward and return journey to the students and makes the process of transition to and from school smoother and more flexible. Abu Dhabi schools Al-Mushrif School for girls, from Cycle 1, shall be integrated with Fatima bint Mubarak School for girls, from Cycle 1, in the building of Fatima bint Mubarak School in Al-Muroor area, where the operational capacity of the school is 690 students. Fatima bint Mubarak School is located in the same geographic area of Al-Mushrif School, at the distance of about 2 km. Al-Ain Schools Al-Gharbia Schools In Al-Marfa’ area, Al-Touba School for girls, Cycle 3, shall be integrated with Al-Zaytuna School for girls, Cycle 2, in a new building under the name of A-Touba School, with the capacity of 706 students. Further, Al-Nawawy School for boys, Cycle 2 shall be integrated with Al-Jawahrgy School for boys, Cycle 2, in a new building under the name of Uqba bin Nafe’ School, with a capacity of 751 students. Additionally, the integration process shall include Al-Marfa’ School for girls, Cycle 1, and Uqba bin Nafe’ School for boys, Cycle 1. They shall be integrated in a new school building and divided into two completely separated sections under one management, under the name of Al-Marfa’ School, to include 748 students. In Al-Sal district, Al-Seraj School for boys, Cycle 1 shall be integrated with Al-Sal School for girls, Cycle 1, in a new building under the name of Al-Sal School, accommodating 819 students. In Bouhrama area, Shajart Al-Dor School for girls, from Kindergarten to Cycle 2, shall be integrated with Bouhrama School for boys, from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2, in a new school building divided into two separated sections with two separated administrations, to include 227 students, both genders.
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