Covid-19: More UAE schools bring back on-site exams
Nandini Sircar/Dubai
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Schools are now gearing up for on-site examinations for their Grade 12 in June.
Many schools in the UAE are now starting to offer on-site exams after a year of online student assessments.
Principals said that with the vaccines available to kids aged 12 and above, schools have put in place plans to gradually provide students the campus experience they had missed.
Schools following the Ministry of Education (MoE) curriculum are now gearing up for on-site examinations for their Grade 12 in June. Earlier this week, the authorities have laid down the safety protocols, which include presenting a negative PCR test result.
Dubai: The UAE chapter of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) Gulf Sahodaya, the Council of CBSE Affiliated Schools in the Gulf, recently held a virtual award ceremony to celebrate the academic and athletics achievements of UAE students in Grades 10 and 12 during the academic year 2019-20.
The awards were given to students who achieved first, second and third places in the board exams conducted from March to April 2020 as well as achievers in CBSE National Sports and Games last year. The students who received sports awards went to India and won in the Cluster competitions held among winners of CBSE Cluster schools in the world including Indian schools.