Quality of education reviewed

COMMITTEE DISCUSSES STANDARDS, TUITION RATES IN PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS IN DUBAI

Aiming to increase the quality of education across private school in the city, the Dubai Executive Council’s Social Development Committee met to discuss school licensing policies, student results, tuition rates and complaints received by the public.

The meeting, held at Emirates Towers, was chaired by Maj Gen Mohammad Ahmad Al Merri, chairman of the committee, in the presence of Abdullah Al Shaibani, Secretary- General of Dubai Executive Council.

During the meeting, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority ( KHDA) gave a presentation on the education policies of private schools, which aim to make Dubai among the best in the world in the field of high- quality private education.

The meeting reviewed the quality gaps across private schools in Dubai and their students’ results. The committee also reviewed the current state of the private education sector in the 2013- 2014 academic year.

At the meeting, the committee looked into statistics disclosing the prominent gaps in the avail-

● The meeting looked into statistiscs disclosing the prominent gaps in the availability of educational services, classroom capacity, cost and educational needs

ability of educational services, classroom capacity, cost and educational needs. The committee also reviewed statistics depicting the expansion rate in the education sector and the increase in the number of students.

Complaints looked into

The committee looked into complaints regarding an increase in school fees in the 2014- 2015 school year, specifically an increase in prices and fees for activities, additional coaching, registration fees, books and stationery.

Earlier this year, the KHDA revealed that out of 948 complaints received in 2014, 167 were about school fees. Teacher conduct came second with 149 complaints, while problems related to student admission was third with 130 complaints.