لا عطلات في المدارس غدًا. والتعليم تُلزم الجميع بالانضباط التام
كتبت: مها السبع
في خطوة تؤكد على الجدية في إنهاء العام الدراسي دون تهاون، شددت وزارة التربية والتعليم والتعليم الفني على ضرورة انتظام الدراسة يوم غدٍ الأحد الموافق 20 أبريل 2025، مؤكدة أنه ليس يوم إجازة كما يروّج البعض، وأن اليوم الدراسي سيُستكمل بكامل طاقته داخل الفصول.
وأكدت المديريات التعليمية بالمحافظات، في تعليمات عاجلة للإدارات والمدارس، على الالتزام التام من جميع العاملين، ومواصلة شرح الدروس المقررة وفق خطة توزيع المنهج، مع استكمال أعمال التقييمات الشهرية لطلاب صفوف النقل.
وشددت التعليمات على تسجيل الغياب الفعلي للطلاب والمعلمين، وتكثيف المتابعة من قبل قيادات الإدارات والمديريات داخل المدارس، لضمان تحقيق الانضباط والانتهاء من المهام المطلوبة قبل الدخول في فترة الامتحانات.
يُذكر أن الوزارة كانت قد أعلنت أن يوم الاثنين فقط، الموافق 21 أبريل، سيكون عطلة رسمية بمناسبة عيد شم النسيم، بينما يظل يوم الأحد يومًا دراسيًا طبيعيًا لا يحق فيه التغيب للعاملين دون إذن مسبق.
There are no holidays in schools tomorrow .. and 'education' obliges everyone to complete discipline
I wrote: Maha Al -SabIn a move that emphasizes the seriousness in ending the school year without compromise, the Ministry of Education and Technical Education stressed the need for the regularity of the study tomorrow, Sunday, April 20, 2025, stressing that it is not a day of vacation as some promote, and that the school day will be completed with its full capacity in the seasons.
The educational directorates in the governorates, in urgent instructions for departments and schools, confirmed the full commitment to all workers, and to continue to explain the lessons prescribed according to the curriculum distribution plan, while completing the monthly assessments of students of the transportation classes.
The instructions stressed the registration of the actual absence of students and teachers, and the intensification of follow -up by the leaders of departments and directorates inside schools, to ensure the achievement of discipline and the completion of the tasks required before entering the exam period.
It is noteworthy that the ministry had announced that only Monday, April 21, will be an official holiday on the occasion of Eid Al -Naseem, while Sunday remains a natural school day in which the workers are not absent without prior permission.
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