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nomad soul
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 Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:04 am Post subject: ADEC invites suggestions on improving education |
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ADEC invites suggestions on improving education in Abu Dhabi
By Roberta Pennington, The National | June 26, 2016
Source: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/education/adec-invites-suggestions-on-improving-education-in-abu-dhabi
ABU DHABI // The Abu Dhabi Education Council is urging students, teachers, parents, staff and other stakeholders to suggest how education in the emirate can improve.
The emirate’s education regulator will post a questionnaire on its website on Sunday that will be online until Thursday for the public to fill out. ADEC will also communicate details of the Education First campaign to parents, students and staff by SMS and eSIS, the student information system. The public is also welcome to broadcast comments or suggestions to ADEC through social media using the hashtag #EducationFirst.
“This is a public outreach programme to receive comments, criticism and feedback from members of the public," said ADEC Director General Dr. Ali Al Noaimi. “Improvement is pivotal. It is extremely important to change with the times, keep up with improvements and progression. How you do it is to listen to people who work in the sector and everyone who works with ADEC so that we can improve what we do."
Dr Al Noaimi said principals at public schools across the emirate are being asked to hold school-wide workshops with their staff this week to come up with a list of recommendations on how to address shortcomings in the education system. Each public school is expected to hand in a report to ADEC at the end of the week.
“Each school leader will be required to conduct these workshops in their schools, analyze ADEC’s role in education, give us their opinion about how ADEC has been conducting different projects," said Dr Al Noaimi. “Whether it is regarding curriculum, whether it has to do with professional development, whether it is related to facilities, whether it is in regards to partnerships with parents or strengths and weaknesses and evaluation performance levels with teachers and school leaders. They’ll cover everything with this workshop."
Dr Al Noaimi said ADEC will take suggestions from the #EducationFirst campaign “very seriously."
“We can’t meet the target or the objectives involved in leading education reform in Abu Dhabi unless all these partners participate actively in it," he said. “They have to play a role in managing this reform."
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dragonpiwo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:23 am Post subject: once again.... |
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You can't make bread without flour.
Once again, they are trying to fix everything except the problem.
The problem starts with parenting, discipline and entitlement. This huge problem is reinforced by Emirati school admin systems which do not address the behavioural problems of Emirati students. Teaching' Behavioural', which seems to be trendy right now, is no good.
There needs to be clear, enforced policy. Failing students need to be 'failed'. Only then can remedial work be done.
Emiratization for good jobs also needs to target those who do well in school. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 2:11 am Post subject: Re: once again.... |
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| Emiratization for good jobs also needs to target those who do well in school. |
This is a start...
Youths welcome chance to get work experience in the UAE
By Nadeem Hanif, The National | July 13, 2016
Source: http://www.thenational.ae/uae/education/youths-welcome-chance-to-get-work-experience-in-the-uae
DUBAI // Teenagers and recruiting experts have welcomed a decree allowing young people to take on work experience in the private sector. The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation will now allow youths aged between 12 and 18 to apply for temporary work permits, to give them a taste of life beyond school.
Workplace experts have said that the lack of practical experience could lead to youths missing out on jobs. The decree has also been welcomed by the private sector and complements a law that has provisions for those aged 15 to 18.
“It’s very important to connect high-quality education to the workplace and it’s a challenge for employers and students, particularly in the UAE," said David Jones, chief executive of human resources consultancy The Talent Enterprise. “Young people here have a good education but in the past, apart from a few work placements, they have not had an opportunity to experience the world of work. In the rest of the world young people get the chance to work in coffee shops, deliver pizza or do administrative work in an office. This might not be related directly to their education but work environments have their own culture and these types of jobs can provide an understanding of what the workforce is like."
Teenagers, who will have to have written permission from their parents to take part, have praised the edict.
“Going to the US and seeing my friends working there, I always thought it would be great to have the same opportunities," said Joyce Voluntad, 15, a Canadian International School pupil. She said gaining work experience would add polish to her university applications and help to build her character. “It would make me a more responsible and independent person," Joyce said. “It would be nice to be able to get money from another source other than your family." The Grade 10 pupil is spending the whole summer in Abu Dhabi and said a part-time job would have been the perfect way to keep busy. “It would give you something to do, rather than just hanging around, and it would be cool to be able to say I have a job," Joyce said.
Karan Paranganat, 19, said he would have jumped at the chance to work during his high school years in Abu Dhabi. “A lot of my school work was academic and we didn’t get a lot of hands-on experience," said the recent Cambridge High School graduate. “I wish this law had been around when I was a student and I don’t see any drawbacks."
UAE graduates and young people are at a disadvantage compared with international youths, Mr Jones said. “We found that, in most cases, the first exposure graduates get of the world of work is often on the first day they start a job," he said. Allowing young people to have work experience sooner helps them to build confidence and competence, and develop essential communications skills, he said.
Now Emiratis and expat youths with work permits can be hired to work on projects for up to six months. There are also work permits for those who wish to work fewer hours over a year. Existing juvenile work permits allow employers to take on Emiratis or expats aged 15 to 18 for one year’s work. Work permits cost Dh500.
Youths should not work more than six hours a day and must be given one or more hours for rest breaks to eat or pray. They should also not work four consecutive hours a day, the ministry said. Work permit applications can be requested from the ministry’s Tas’heel service centres or through its smartphone applications.
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