Al-anbat –
Omar Al-kaabneh
Translated
by - Diana al nobani
The
government’s decision on the official working hours of official departments and
ministries during the Holy month of Ramadan has sparked wide debate among
citizens, but it was further disputed by the decision of the Ministry of
Education, which was not in line with the Government’s decision whereas schools
would start at 8 o’clock, while official working hours approved by the Government
starts at 10 o’clock.
This
requires working citizens who drop off their children to schools to wake up at
the time of Suhoor, which begins between 4:00 and 5:00 am and then go back to
sleep until 6:30 or 7:00 am to drop their children to school and return back
home to prepare themselves to go to their work which starts at 10:00 am,
although the morning traffic will be less severe because of this decision, but
it will be tiring for these employees and will affect their productivity at
work, as confirmed by experts.
In order to
resolve this dilemma, I propose to the State of Prime Minister Bishr
Al-Khasawneh to amend the decision and remedy the situation as there is still
time to do so, through the restoration of winter time during Ramadan only with
setting working hours to start at 9:00 am till 2:00 pm while retaining schools
working hours as previously specified by the Ministry of Education and giving
the employees the right to leave one hour earlier to pick up their children
from schools conveniently.
