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Remote learning across the UAE will continue until at least April 17 and will be reviewed on weekly basis thereafter.
The Ministry of Education confirmed the decision in a statement released on Monday night.
It applies to “students, as well as administrative staff, across all nurseries, kindergartens and public and private schools nationwide to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone,” the ministry said. “The situation will be reviewed on a weekly basis.”
The government had previously mandated all schools and universities to shift to remote learning at the beginning of March due to Iranian missile and drone attacks.
Schools and universities were then told to start the spring holiday one week earlier than planned on March 9. Schools and universities have been operating remotely since then.
Since the start of the Iranian attacks, UAE air defences have engaged 425 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,941 drones.
The attacks resulted in the martyrdom of two military personnel and a Moroccan civilian contracted by the Armed Forces, as well as eight fatalities of Pakistani, Nepali, Bangladeshi, Palestinian and Indian nationalities. A total of 178 people have been injured.
