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It’s a club that serves alcohol, not a school
SHARJAH — The news aired by Ajman Radio Station (Channel 4) last week, alleging that the Sharjah English Private School is opening its doors in the evening to visitors for alcoholic drinks, is found to be baseless.
The reported information passed on to the radio station lacked accuracy for it is a club — adjacent to the school building with a small and low-height fence separating the two facilities — where liquor is sold and served. The Sharjah Educational Zone has acquitted the school of the allegation, saying that the broadcast news, which was aired live, was groundless.
Fawziyya Hassan, Director of the Sharjah Educational Zone, said once she heard the news on the radio, she immediately visited the school after reporting the matter to the police to scrutinise and investigate the matter, which later was proved to be incorrect and baseless. Officials at the Private Education Department paid a similar visit the next day, and discovered the confusion.
The educational zone has stated this in a report it will submit to the senior officials at the Ministry of Education. The liquor and alcoholic drinks are served in a club neighbouring the school building with a small fence separating the two facilities, the report disclosed.
The members of the club are from different foreign communities who join it after paying subscription fees. Residents in the area thought that the club is annexed to the school though there is a big signboard on which the name of the club ‘Wonders’ is fixed. The club also has a playground and it organises sports activities, the report said.
Officials at the Private Education Department said the educational zone had leased the playground from the club years ago and organised inter-private and foreign schools sports tournament.
When the management of the zone came to know that the club had activities which are not in consonance with the educational role of the school, it ordered urgently the shifting of the school, which will move to its new premises on Al Dhaid highway from the next academic year, they said.
The officials, however, reserved to comment on the news which was broadcast by the radio programme and its presenter, saying that it was better for him to lodge a complaint with the police or enquire from the competent educational zone.
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