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Parents must be ready for the personal responsibilities that will come following the implementation of a project that allows part-time schooling, a Dubai school principal has warned.
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) will be carrying out a pilot project - likely in September - across a number of schools, where students can attend school part-time and spend the rest of their time honing their main skill set. The project is called Rahhal and was introduced under Dubai's mission to get 10 years ahead of time. Part-time schooling is just one project among many others under the Rahhal programme.
Parents will have more control over what their children are studying every day after their part-time schooling hours are over.
However, Christopher Bromham, the principal at Uptown School in Dubai, said that parents need to be aware of the responsibilities that the project will bring. "The central premise of Rahhal is the transference of the responsibility for educating an individual from the school to the parent," he said.
"Currently, parents pay schools to provide them with a professional educational service. If their children are underperforming, parents have the right to complain to the school, to hold the school accountable for following their own policies and, ultimately, exercise their right to remove their child from the school.
"Parents who enroll their children in the Rahhal programme will have far more personal responsibility for their child's academic progress. If their son or daughter is not completing assignments for their online courses, there will be little that schools will be able to do to put that right.
"If a student is underperforming on a Mathematics course at a school but not taking advantage of the schools' pastoral programme, the school's ability to remove any barriers to learning would be limited. It is vital that parents choosing to follow the Rahhal programme understand the level of responsibility that they are accepting. This is, of course, also true for the many parents in Dubai who currently homeschool their children."
Broham believes that Rahhal may not suit every student, however, it can be of great benefit for most students.
The programme will allow students to utilise the remainder of the school hours to practice a skill they are passionate about. For instance, if a student is skilled in painting, he or she can work with experts to hone that skill during school hours, all as part of Rahhal.
"For some students, the flexibility offered by Rahhal will be invaluable. It will allow them to pursue their passions and build on their talents while continuing to benefit from the services and expertise of schools. For others, it will allow them to carefully craft a bespoke set of courses that maximises their chances of achieving their ambitions."
Latha Narasimhan, a teacher in the UAE, said Rahhal can also benefit teachers, enabling them to develop effective curriculums that suit education requirements in today's technologically advanced era.
"For the teachers, it would be a great time saver and leave room for self-development and adoption of various methods of reaching out to the students when they are away from school. Out of the box thinking can be developed and the monotony of long hours of teaching can be reduced. More time can be devoted to the teachers for curriculum development and a detailed analysis of student performance. The dependence on teacher reduces with part-time schooling thereby shifting the sole responsibility from the teacher. Therefore it removes the pressure from the teacher. A well-organised part-time schooling is worth the trial in this fast-changing world of education," she said.
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