Excellency Jamal Bin Aadid Al Muheiri, assist. Director-General for Resources and Supportive Services at Dubai Civil Defence, and Deputy Chief of Disasters and Crisis Management Executive Committee, in the emirate of Dubai, chaired committee’s routine meeting, held at DCD’S Headquarters, in the presence of H.E Fawziah Hassan Bin Gharib, assist. Undersecretary for Schools Operations sector at Ministry of Education, and in the participation of strategic partner’s committee members from Dubai Police, Dubai Government Media Office, Dubai Ambulance, Dubai Health Authority, Permanent Committee of Labor Affairs Dubai, Ministry of Education, Knowledge and Human Resources Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai Municipality, and Emirates Transport.
Issues discussed during the meeting include the main agenda scheduled, reviewing the Ministry of Education and KHDA plans, relevant to precautionary and preventive measures taken, ahead of the new academic year, to mitigate the possibility of spreading Coronavirus, COVID 19, and Pandemic.
While Lady Fawziah, Ministry of Education assists. Undersecretary for Schools Operations delivered elaborated explanation about plans approved by the ministry, Mr. Marawn Ahmed Al Shihi, Executive Director of Discipline and Responsibilities Control at KHDA demonstrated strategies and measures set by KHDA for the new academic year.
Bin Aadid stressed that the executive committee of Disasters and Crisis management listened to plans set by both Ministry and KHDA, and discussed its various pivotal points, aiming at achieving a safe educational environment for students, raising safety and protection levels, and fostering academic year stability.
He also indicated that meeting participants have discussed all potential challenges, to assure efficient and effective continuity of educational operation in schools, he went on saying we also focused on the importance of students and working team’s commitment towards implementing approve health protocols, social distancing, in classrooms and transportation buses.
Meeting was attended by committee members Sheikh Dr. Majid Abdullah Al Mualla, Section Head of Event at Disasters and Crisis, Dubai Police, Ustaza Alia Al Thieb, Director of Strategic Communication at Dubai Government Media Office, and other committee’s members.
