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A’Sharqiyah University resumes its readiness and applies the blended learning

system
A’Sharqiyah University resumes its readiness to University since the beginning of the disease outbreak,
start the new academic year 2020, by releasing a to ensure the health and safety of both staff and stu-
circular that regulates learning mechanism that dents and to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It has
has been decided to blend both online and tra- been decided that the University Orientation Program
ditional classes. To ensure the readiness of the will be held online Via Microsoft Teams. Besides that,
University, its campus and academic and admin- the University has published flyers for the students to
istrative staff, the Vice Chancellor of A’Sharqiyah stress the importance of taking the precautions. It is
University held a meeting with the deans of the five worth mentioning that classes will be online for the
colleges and the Heads of different departments, foundation students and first year major students in
in which he encouraged them to take all the nec- some specializations, on the other hand, the blended
essary precautions against COVID-19. He empha- learning will be applied for the practical courses.
sized during the meeting, the effort exerted by the

DVC – RIS and Service Departments Conducted an Inspection Tour

Mr Hamed AlHajri, Deputy Vice Chancellor – commodation on campus with a capacity of 100
Resources & Institutional Support, along with students. It is also provided by facilities services
some key Service Directors conducted an in- to provide a suitable residential environment for
spection tour of university facilities to ensure female students.
that all the necessary requirements are met to
apply the safety and security conditions that
must be available during receiving students
and their parents. Also, to avoid any infection
that may result from gatherings on campus
and female students’ dormitories. On the oth-
er hand, Mr Hamed AlHajri emphasized on the
importance of scaling up the readiness level
as per the Supreme Committee’s directives
responsible for following up on Corona, find-
ing alternative solutions and plans in case of
any emergency resulting from the return of
students. The tour also included a site visit
to the newly constructed female students’ ac-

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