UK government to inspect British schools in Dubai

Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has announced an agreement with the Department for Education of England (DfE) to deliver British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspections in strategic cooperation with CfBT Education Trust.

The announcement coincided with the visit to KHDA by John Hayes, UK Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning. Read more

Confusion persists in Dubai’s education sector

More than 50% of the Dubai schools bellow the average local standard

True victims of poor education and low academic standards are the growing generations

It is no secret that education in Dubai is a very lucrative, profitable and still hard to control business. Schools are expensive and firmly on the way to become even more expensive, as reportedly already 53 of them have applied for a school fee increase. Profiteers, of course, long ago seized the opportunities. Now, they are successfully reaping the benefits of investments, that not necessarily involved deep expertise, hard work and a 100% commitment from their side in the initial stage. Read more

Latest Dubai school inspection results released by KHDA

For many students in Dubai quality of education got better

More than 85 per cent of 37,000 surveyed parents said they were happy with quality of education

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Free education website reaches a million people on its 5th Birthday

Alison.com, the UNESCO award-winning free education online provider for basic education & workplace skills, which celebrates its 5th birthday has become the largest and most successful free learning website of its kind worldwide. Read more

Dubai to revamp education strategy

Education is a key pillar in Dubai’s vision of building a sustainable and knowledge-based economy and high quality of life

Dubai education strategy revamp project will be completed in a short period of time in two phases of “State of Education”

An updated strategy and implementation roadmap is being developed for the education sector in Dubai to ensure alignment with the Emirate’s and UAE’s long term economic and social developmental priorities. Government of Dubai initiated the project to overhaul the sector in line with the objectives of Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 of which education is a key pillar in Dubai’s vision of building a sustainable and knowledge-based economy and high quality of life. Read more

Dubai-based education advocate named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

GEMS Education educates more than 100,000 students who represent more than 150 nationalities

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to name philanthropist, educator and entrepreneur Sunny Varkey as a Goodwill Ambassador for Education Partnerships.

Mr. Varkey, founder and chairman of GEMS Education, will be recognized for “his contribution to forging innovative public-private partnerships to ensure that underprivileged children across the world receive a good quality education,” according to a news release issued by UNESCO.

The son of Indian expatriates who moved to Dubai in 1959, Mr. Varkey took over the management of his parents’ school in 1980 and transformed the family-run institution into a multinational company. Today, GEMS Education educates more than 100,000 students who represent more than 150 nationalities. Read more

New timing for payment of school fees to be set in Dubai

Should students and parents struggle to make school owners richer?

The Dubai government is expected to issue a new timeline for  payment of school fees. The move aims to help parents and administrators, according various media reports.

The initiative is designed to prevent problems with the mode and timing of fee payment experienced in recent years, according to a senior official from the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA). Read more

New academic calendar for public and private schools

In order to coordinate the school working days, summer and winter holidays as well as semesters followed by institutions of higher education during next academic year, the Ministry of Education has issued an ordinance unifying the academic calendar of the public and private schools for 2012/2013. Read more

New Registration and Admission Fees Regulations add to Parents Burdens

20% to 30% of the school fees would have to be paid few months ahead of academic year

KHDA officially had given a green light to Dubai based schools to increase their already high tuition fees from 3% to 6%. Parents will have to pay more for education that according to International statistics still lags behind the modern standards.

Along with the new guidelines for school fees increase, KHDA also released new regulations in regards to the registration and admission fees. Previously, schools were not allowed to request parents to pay in advance the school fees for the coming year.  Now, they will have to pay higher amounts and moreover, they will be obliged to do that in advance. Read further the detailed guidelines by KHDA: Read more

School fees increase capped at 3 and 6 percent

The School Fees Framework for Dubai’s private schools has been announced by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA). The medium to long term framework will be based on quality of education (as per Dubai Schools Inspection results) and an Educational Cost Index (ECI) calculated by the Dubai Statistics Centre. Read more

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