UAE ministry takes action against students for damaging school property

The UAE’s Ministry of Education has strongly reprimanded students who were seen on video damaging school property in the country.

The viral video reportedly shows the students breaking chairs, tables and other equipment in a classroom. It is not clear where in the UAE the incident took place.

Taking to Twitter, the ministry said the students’ action was “not acceptable”. It warned that corrective measures would be taken against the students concerned, and that their guardians will be made to compensate for the damages.

وزارة التربية: ما بدر عن عدد من الطلبة من سلوكيات خاطئة عبر اتلاف مرافق إحدى المدارس أمر غير مقبول وهي دخيلة على المجتمع المدرسي وإزاء ذلك سوف يتخذ اجراءات رادعة طبقا للائحة سلوك المتعلمين بحق الطلبة المعنيين ومنها الزام أولياء اﻷمور بدفع نفقات اﻹصلاح وفقا لبنود الﻻئحة. pic.twitter.com/n6NnALLZDO

— وزارة التربية (@MOEducationUAE) June 17, 2018

“The Ministry of Education describes this behaviour, which appeared in one of the video clips, as undisciplined and as an assault on public property,” it stated.

“We advocate for responsibility, discipline, commitment and preservation of the facilities of the school campus, which is the property of all.”