Tribune News Network
Doha
Students, teachers and other employees of private and government schools in Qatar are required to take a rapid antigen test no later than 48 hours before schools reopen in Qatar, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced on Wednesday. This also applies to nurseries and kindergartens.
The tests, which can be taken at home or at one of the designated centres, is only required once, at the start of the academic year, and not on a weekly basis, the ministry said, adding that entry will be allowed only if the test returned negative.
“If the result is positive, you must visit the nearest health.”
As per a Cabinet decision, students and staff are required to wear masks at all times on campus, the ministry said, calling on school management to ensure that the colour code on COVID-19 contact tracing app Ehteraz is “green” before allowing entry to employees.
The ministry said it “affirms its keenness and commitment to continuing the educational process and adapting to all circumstances, with a particular emphasis on the commitment to implement precautionary measures for students and administrative and teaching staff in accordance with the approved protocols.”
It also affirmed its “keenness and commitment to continuing the educational process and adapting to all circumstances, with a particular emphasis on the commitment to implement precautionary measures for students and administrative and teaching staff in accordance with the approved protocols.”
Meanwhile, the Private Education wing of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education reviewed the readiness of private schools and kindergartens for the new academic year 2022-2023, which will start on August 16.
In this context, Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs Omar Abdul Aziz Al Naama held a series of meetings with the schools and kindergartens to examine their preparations to receive students after completing all the equipment for maintaining and rehabilitating their school facilities before the start of the study.
Also, they inspected the programmes and plans for the new academic year on the academic and administrative sides, reviewing challenges and obstacles, working to solve and overcoming them, and the participation of schools in the events and activities accompanying the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The meetings also reviewed various educational policies and administrative directives and their application to serve the educational process, especially with regard to the ethical charter, which aims to regulate the relationship between all parties to the educational process and urged them to adopt the positive ethical and behavioural policies and laws, stemming from the authenticity of Qatari society and the true Islamic religion.
