Abu Dhabi private schools returning to in-person classes

Remote education has led to difficulties for students throughout the world, including in Middle Eastern countries.
Parents wearing protective masks and their children arrive at a school entrance.
Parents wearing protective masks and their children arrive at a school entrance to register for the new academic year only to find it closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the United Arab Emirates, on March 26, 2020. - KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images
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Abu Dhabi’s education authorities have announced that students at private schools must return to in-person classes. 

The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge told private and charter schools that they must return to in-person learning for the upcoming academic term. The decision follows widespread compliance with measures designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the official Emirates News Agency reported today. 

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