I had a state of laughter and sadness, at the same time, and I read the report of the newspaper “Al -Watan”, about the collective absence on the past Wednesday and Thursday, by a decision of the “mothers’ groups” on “WhatsApp”, which made me and with me many readers; We wonder who is responsible for what happened .. Is Mama so and so, which has decisions that can disrupt the class?
More clearly; The official Eid Al -Fitr holiday is 3 days, the previous weekends were added to it, we said: We are walking … a holiday is due after fasting, fatigue, work, Walm, Mbisbis, Haris and multiplied .. But what happened after that of the absence can be classified as “a tactical withdrawal from the educational process.”
Suddenly, without a meeting or official signature, the “mothers’ group”, which turned into a “crisis management cell” announced a decision not to send children to the school on Wednesday and Thursday, and the reason? That at a moment of electronic serenity, the mother of one of the students decided that the boy should not return to school immediately after the Eid.
She attached her opinion on the groups with a message bearing the tone of a caring motherhood, and a key phrase: “It is forbidden for the boy to wake up after the Eid! His body must adapt! The origin of the teacher said, she will not explain!
So he was approved directly by leaders in the group; Among the mothers of the students, and the rest of the mothers voted on it with the symbols of admiration and pink hearts .. Thus, the decision became effective and the collective absence is binding, and without any objection from any official party, O God, except the teacher of those who felt let down and sat drinking their coffee in the class!
If the inquiry was taken from any official on the issue of collective absence on Wednesday and Thursday, he will answer: “We follow, monitor and take the appropriate procedure.”
I imagine in these moments that the concerned authorities are sending a circular in which it says: “We remind you of the necessity of adhering to the attendance.” So that the response of the mothers ’groups:“ The extension of family, human, moral and tourist reasons has been extended .. And only! ”
The question here is not about the legitimacy of absence, as the law is clear about the obligation of parents regularly their children in schools, but the question is; Does this law still have an executive force in front of the influence of “mothers’ group”? Can we keep up with the dominance of the social decision when it is higher on the official decision?
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We appreciate the efforts of mothers and understand their eagerness to the comfort of the children, but we also need balance. Education is not a passing mood, but rather a national and moral commitment, and any abandonment of it under the umbrella of “family flexibility” may cost us a lot.
Thank you to mothers ’groups for the good organization .. But we hope that the educational decisions will be left to the stakeholders, not for a“ send ”button in the“ WhatsApp ”group.
