المملكة: urgent – "education"Immediate monitoring of the absence of Ramadan… and do not tolerate schools that fall short

Directed The Ministry of Education and its school administrations and all its employees implement a comprehensive “indicative” procedural plan to control the educational process during The blessed month of Ramadan, aims to enhance school discipline and invest class times effectively without wasting, with an emphasis on monitoring absences and implementing regulations, to ensure the continuation of learning outcomes and the achievement of educational goals in a way that takes into account the spirituality of the holy month.

The Ministry has actually begun the stage of preparing and setting up the school environment, as it has adopted study schedules that flexibly suit the nature of the holy month, in conjunction with an early inventory of students expected to be absent to follow up on them proactively.

The plan specified the time frame for the actual implementation phase of the measures, which begins from the first of the month of Shaban and extends until the sixteenth of the holy month of Ramadan, to ensure the stability of educational performance before and during the month.

The Ministry obligated schools to strictly adhere to the beginning of The school day and its end according to the approved timetable, stressing not to be lax in implementing school uniform controls and to deal strictly with cases of morning tardiness.

The Ministry called on teachers to invest every minute within the class to enhance learning outcomes, with the necessity of employing “active learning” strategies that break the stagnation and take into account the physiological variables of students during fasting.

The instructions were directed to prevent any student from being expelled before the end of the official working day. Except in emergency cases and in accordance with the regulations, the school administration is held responsible for controlling student presence and preventing dropouts during the school day.

The plan stressed the immediate activation of communication channels with parents, and sending periodic notifications that include weekly learning plans and discipline reports, to ensure the family’s partnership in enhancing their children’s regularity.

The directives emphasized the necessity of immediately monitoring any educational or behavioral difficulties that may arise during the month, and direct intervention to address them educationally without Removing problems, to ensure a stable and safe educational environment.

The Ministry assigned student activity leaders to link school activities with the values of the holy month of Ramadan, and implement attractive programs that meet students’ interests and reinforce in them the value of responsibility and seriousness in seeking knowledge.

The student mentor during this period focuses on studying cases of repeated absence and analyzing their causes, while providing psychological and educational support to students who face challenges in adapting to studying while fasting.

The Ministry alerted that All the roles mentioned in the school’s organizational manuals are considered binding for implementation, considering that discipline in Ramadan is the true standard for measuring the efficiency of school performance and the seriousness of the educational system.

The Ministry seeks, through this procedural package, to establish a culture of sustainable discipline, and to transform the month of Ramadan into an opportunity to enhance educational values instead of being an excuse for slackness or absence.