The UAE today spotted advertisements for teachers on social networking sites Facebook and WhatsApp about discounts on private lessons on the occasion of White Friday, the last Friday of last month. Nurseries and centers promoting training courses and online courses also used the same occasion to announce attractive discounts on their programs.

Some call it the White Friday, which means white Friday in Arabic. These are huge holiday discounts, where people have the opportunity to buy cheap gifts and other products. Many stores are also extending offers, giving those who have not been able to buy on schedule. Readers wondered whether education had literally become a commodity, so that its discounts were included in promotional discounts.

In detail, teachers and practitioners of the teaching profession intensified as an additional work, announcements to offer their educational services for students private lessons, in the stages of education, and various educational curricula, using the discounts «White Friday» to announce their services, and make discounts for subscribers until last November 30, offers varied between discounts starting From 25% and up to 50%.

An account called “Professional Teachers” published an announcement of the availability of teachers of both sexes in all subjects for all curricula and classes, with the possibility of offering lessons in the form of groups or individually, with discounts up to 50%, indicating the possibility of changing the teacher if the student does not make progress Academically.

He also published an announcement on one of the groups of teachers and students, stressing that he specializes in teaching physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and science, and has experience in teaching the curriculum ministerial, American and British, pointing out that there is a 40% reduction on the reservation during this period on the occasion of «White Friday».

A teacher offered a 30% discount on the same occasion to students from grades 1 to 6, strengthening students and following up homework, with the possibility of receiving students at her home.

Students in different stages of study, receiving messages on a daily basis, through groups «Whatsapp» and «Facebook», from teachers offering their services in providing private lessons for students, pointing out that the messages are directed at random, as many of them are private classes Or different curricula from the group's classroom.

Through advertisements on social media, nurseries offered 20 to 30% enrollment during the White Friday period, with exemption from the first registration fee of AED 500, indicating that there are exceptional discounts for brothers.

Educational centers also announced the availability of training courses, through the «distance» education system, through funded advertising on social media, including the announcement of discounts on its programs in the areas of business administration, languages, hospital management, graphics, engineering design and human development, in A step they described as preemptive, because of the approaching date «White Friday».

The discounts indicated that the discounts for a limited period, especially the largest annual, to be in line with the annual global event.

Students expressed surprise at the inclusion of education in the list of products that need to be marketed, pointing out the possibility of offering this type of discounts at any time during the year, to help students overcome their difficulties. They assured Emirates Today that offering discounts is good for them, but it confirms the idea that many hold about the current state of education, where achieving profits is at the top of the list of goals.

Teachers contacted by Emirates Today attributed the idea of ​​discounts to the desire to help low-income students to provide academic assistance to their children, pointing out that there is a need among many students to improve their level of education, which requires them to receive tuition lessons, and push their parents to use teachers Private, but some of them stand helpless in front of prices, and the introduction of education services within the discounts «White Friday» helps this segment.

Maya al-Attiyah, an official of one of the offices of «Distance Study», said that the idea of ​​discounts on study programs during the «White Friday» is not new, they are widespread in most countries of the world, noting that their office has been implemented for several years, and discounts rise during this period Up to 50%, especially as learners can book and schedule the course afterwards according to their circumstances.

The results of the study «paid private lessons in the UAE from the perspective of parents», prepared by the Regional Center for Educational Planning, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, revealed that the children of 27% of the participants in the study received paid private lessons during the school years from 2016 to 2018 And that the subject of mathematics in which most students received private lessons, 83%, followed by science by 58%, followed by English by 50%, and Arabic by 44%.

The study showed that 27% of students received private lessons in the four subjects, while the average hours of private lessons in each subject two hours per week.

The study pointed out that 18% of students with private lessons, found their teachers through advertising and research on the Internet.

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A discount from the value of the subscription .. Provided by nurseries to encourage parents to register during the «White Friday».

«A teacher specializing in teaching physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and science, announced a 40% discount on booking during (White Friday)».

«Teacher provided 30% discount for students from the first to sixth grade, and lessons of strengthening, and follow-up assignments, with the possibility of receiving students at home».