The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) has announced that Grace Valley Indian School is the first school to reach the blue tier in the Blue Schools initiative.
The top blue tier is achieved by reaching a vaccination rate of 85% among students attending school.
With reaching the top tier, relaxation to the precautionary measures will be taken with students not required to wear face masks when outdoors, physical distancing removed, school events allowed, interschool extracurricular activities with other blue tier schools permitted, parents able to attend on-campus macro bubble level events whilst adhering to entry requirements and field trips now also allowed to take place.
Since launched a month ago, nine private and charter schools have advanced through the tiers and an increase in student vaccination rates has been noticed.
Seven schools have progressed from the orange to the yellow tier, one school has moved from the yellow to the green tier and schools in the green tier are closer to getting to the blue tier.
Her Excellency Sara Musallam, Chairman of ADEK said, “The efforts made by the Grace Valley Indian School community to return to normalcy stand as an exemplary role model to the Abu Dhabi education sector. I would like to personally thank all parents who chose to vaccinate their children, your decision has helped to protect the health and safety of your child’s school community and contributed towards a return to pre-pandemic school operations. I call upon all Private and Charter Schools to continue working towards achieving the Blue tier to safeguard the health and safety of our entire Abu Dhabi education ecosystem.”