Abu Dhabi Education and Knowledge Department has launched three smart programs to support the emirate's education sector, encouraging investors with education experience to invest in education projects, including the Abu Dhabi Private Schools System (PASS), the e-Schools portal, and the e-portal for investors, Continuing to increase the number of students in private schools by 5% per year to reach 282 thousand students by the academic year 2020-2021.
The PASS program provides detailed information on teachers' affairs, including recruitment, registration, resignation, transportation, electronic achievement file and school profile. The system is implemented at the private school level and is used by The school portal program aims at strengthening communication links and ensuring transparency of information. All private schools are granted access to a unified portal containing all the electronic services offered. Here the circuit, also includes the latest policies, procedures, processes and laws applicable in the department.
The Department pointed out that the e-portal program for private school investors allows the investor to learn about the various investment opportunities in the private education sector, the procedures required to obtain the licenses, as well as all the information related to private schools, land and educational buildings.
The growth in demand for private schools coupled with expectations of an increase in population growth over the coming years in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will provide attractive opportunities for investment in the emirate's private education sector, pointing to a relatively stable growth rate of 5% Composite) over the past five years.
She pointed out that the number of private schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the current academic year amounted to 198 schools distributed in the city of Abu Dhabi and the city of Al Ain and Dhafra area, registering about 253 thousand students, equivalent to about 65% of the total number of students in the emirate, and pointed out that 73% Students enrolled in private schools are residents and 27% are citizens.
Private schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi have 14 different curricula, while schools offering the curriculum of the Ministry of Education and the American, British and Indian curriculum attract about 88% of all students enrolled in private schools.
A plan to improve the performance of private schools
The Department of Education and Knowledge has announced that it is implementing a comprehensive strategic plan to improve the performance of private school students in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi by providing more education opportunities in schools. The strategic plan supports efforts to achieve the Department's mission to ensure that students in private schools are provided with knowledge and skills And the values and behaviors necessary to continue their educational journey and encourage them to seek continuous education and prepare them to contribute to the global community and to be able to compete with others, while preserving the national identity and culture of the state and its heritage.
65%
Of students in Abu Dhabi are enrolled in private schools.