Jeddah – The Ministry of Education has said that principals have the power to close schools in Saudi Arabia during nine weather phenomena. The guide issued by the Ministry of Education in this regard stated that the heads of provincial education departments have the power to cancel regular classes in schools and shift classes to online mode. Heavy rainfall of 10 to 50 mm and more, dust storms with visibility of one kilometer and less, dust particles in the atmosphere with visibility of one kilometer and less, heavy fog with visibility of one kilometer and less, strong winds of 60 kilometers per hour and more, three A wave height of more than a meter,
Education Minister Yusuf said that in the event of extreme cold where the temperature drops to 7 degrees and below, extreme heat when the temperature rises to 51 degrees and above, and strong snowstorms where snow forms at a height of five centimeters per hour, in coordination with the relevant departments, the heads of the education department have the authority to suspend regular classes in schools and switch classes to the online mode. The circular issued by Al Bunayan clarified.
Weather phenomena affecting the safety of students, poor condition of school buildings after rains, problems affecting student health such as communicable diseases, international events hosted by Saudi Arabia due to road closures, official visits, temporary closure of school buildings for development works, and emergency maintenance of ancillary facilities such as toilets. The Heads of the Education Department have the authority to shift classes to online mode instead of regular classes in case of temporary situations like power failure, non-availability of water in schools for one day, situations that threaten the safety of students like fire-partial collapse of school building, evacuation of school building for one day for clean-up work due to leakage of hazardous substances. It was stated in the circular issued by the Minister of Education Yusuf Al Bunayan.
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2023-12-21 17:21:04
