Parents urged to involve in children’s education

The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) is urging parents to enhance their involvement in their children’s education by taking advantage of the ‘Parent Assistant’ service.

Developed specifically for parents and guardians, the service allows them to check their wards’ information including demography, medical, citizenship details, parent/sibling emergency contact details, school attendance, calendar, school holidays and academic progress. A messaging feature also allows parents to view the messages sent to them by the student’s teacher or other staff.

“This initiative increases transparency and efficiency for schools, provides ADEC with an invaluable tool to measure student records, as well as, reaches out to parents and the community at large, who are now required to take part in their children’s academic journey in order to help improve our educational reform,” said Mohamed Salem Al Dhaheri, Executive Director of School Operations at the ADEC.

To access the ‘Parent Assistant’ link from the ADEC’s website, users have to register their Emirates Identify Card first through a Smart Card Reader.

ADEC has distributed 5,000 Emirates Identify Authority Smart Card Readers to all 268 public schools and private schools that follow the Ministry of Education (MoE) curriculum across the emirate. Parents have the choice to access their children’s records by visiting the school and accessing the Parent Assistant link using their Emirates ID cards, or purchase a Smart Card Reader at home. Since its launch in February this year, almost 2,000 parents have already accessed their children’s records.

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