Minister of Education: Developing Work Mechanisms and Enhancing Technical Readiness

Minister of Education, Engineer Sayed Jalal Al-Tabtabaee, directed school administrations to identify any technical or organizational obstacles that students and teachers might encounter during the remote learning experience and to work on addressing them, thereby enhancing schools’ readiness to handle this educational model and ensuring the continuity of instruction with efficiency and regularity when needed. This directive came in conjunction with the Ministry of Education’s activation of the Microsoft Teams platform for one hour across elementary, middle, and secondary school levels, as part of a one-day pilot trial aimed at assessing the readiness of schools, educational staff, and learners, and verifying the efficiency of delivering remote classes according to approved schedules.

In the context of field monitoring of the trial, Minister Al-Tabtabaee attended three virtual classes at several schools, during which he reviewed the progress of the educational process, the method of delivering instructional content, and the extent of student interaction with teachers and adherence to scheduled class times. The sessions included a Social Studies class for the seventh grade, section 7-3, at Al-Fayhaa Middle School for Girls, taught by teacher Sara Al-Musbah; a Constitution class for the twelfth grade at Jasim Al-Kharafi Secondary School, taught by teacher Issa Al-Hafiz; and an English Language class for the eleventh grade at Fahad Al-Salem Boys’ Secondary School, taught by teacher Bader Al-Abdullah.

The classes featured interaction between the Minister and students, through the exchange of questions and inquiries and monitoring of their participation during lessons, to assess the nature of educational communication via the platform and the ability of teachers to continue delivering instructional content and engage in direct interaction with learners in the virtual environment.