The National Center for Curricula emphasized to public schools for boys and girls the necessity of adhering to the standards of the academic schedule in the blended education system.

The center clarified in the curriculum guide that the school schedule for in-person education, which consists of 7 class periods per day, should allocate 45 minutes for the elementary and intermediate stages, and 50 minutes for the secondary stage, while benefiting from the application of the minimum limit set, not exceeding 5% of the allocated class periods for the subjects.

In distance education, which consists of 11 class periods, the duration of each class should be a minimum of 35 minutes for the elementary and intermediate stages, and 40 minutes for the secondary stage.

Possibility of Increasing Class Periods

The standards for in-person education included the possibility of increasing the number of class periods within the time frame of the school day, alongside a proportional reduction in the core learning time for each class, ensuring that no class duration is less than 30 minutes.

Additional class periods are calculated with a total time deduction of 5 minutes for each class, and the total number of classes during the school day is determined with the possibility of benefiting from the set minimum limit, not exceeding 5% of the allocated class periods for the subjects. This mechanism is applied in accordance with the characteristics of cognitive and skill development, ensuring that it does not affect the student's concentration or exceed the designated time for the school day.

35 Minutes Minimum

For distance education, the number of class periods is determined in conjunction with the number of class periods accounted for during in-person days, with each class lasting a minimum of 35 minutes for the elementary and intermediate stages, and 40 minutes for the secondary stage, ensuring that the total weekly class periods for each educational stage are not less than those approved in the curriculum guide.