AMMAN —
Ministry of Education Spokesman Ahmad
Al-Masa’fa said that the decision to open school doors at 7:45 is temporary,
and will be canceled at the end of this month.
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The decision, Masa’fa told
Jordan News, was
taken by the Ministry of Education in order to help parents drop children at
school before going to work, taking into consideration the fact that the change
to summer time happened earlier this year and lessons start half an hour later
than the usual time, at 8:30.
Masa’fa said that the teaching staff will be at
schools on time and ready to receive students and mind them until the first
class begins.
“Parents and students should know that preserving
students’ health is a priority for us,” he added.
Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government
Spokesperson
Faisal Shboul told
Jordan News that some parents expressed
concern about having to take their children to school according to the new
summer time because the sun rises somewhat late, and that is why the Ministry
of Education decided to delay the start of the first lesson for half an hour.
Shboul said that this seems to be a compromise
solution to satisfy parents who do not want their children to go to schools
early, because it is still dark, and those who cannot drop them too late
because of work obligations.
Wafa Saad, a mother, told
Jordan News that
she was one of those
parents who raised objections about delaying the first
lesson till 8:30, because “that would conflict with our work time, make us late
for work, and, as a result, have our monthly wages deducted”.
Saad added: “I
believe that this decision will make our life easier. We can take our children
to school and they can spend some time with their friends until the first
lesson begins.”
Mohammad Jaber, a
father, told
Jordan News that “in spite of all the decisions that the
ministry has taken or will take in the near future, I am totally against the
summer time; I leave my house early because I live really far from my
children’s school and from my workplace, and I always worry if my children have
to leave the house when it is still dark”.
“I hope that the government decides to change to
summer time at the end of March, as it does each year, as this current
situation is really hard for me and for many other people, I believe.”
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