Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority has stated that the families of students in private schools in the emirate are not required to pay school bus fees for the third semester, in light of the Ministry of Education’s decision to continue applying the “distance learning” system until the end of the current school year, for students of different educational levels in All state schools.
The authority said to «Emirates Today»: “If the parents of the student pay the school bus fees for the third semester, they should communicate with the service provider to agree between them on a mechanism to recover these fees.” Stressing that the students, the school and the service provider can reach a common formula for refunding fees School buses for the third semester, taking into account the circumstances of all parties.
In its response to a question for the families of the students on its website about the payment of the fees for the third semester, the commission clarified that “the students’ families should continue to pay the school fees during the distance learning period, and if they are going through difficult financial conditions, they are unable to pay the tuition fees Due, we invite schools and students ’families to work together to reach a settlement acceptable to both parties, and we are all confident that everyone will cooperate and stand together in facing the current challenges.”
On the other hand, parents of students in private schools in Dubai received letters from their departments, inviting them to visit them to recover the fees for school buses paid for the third semester.
They said they received letters from their children's schools inviting them to audit to recover part of the bus fees for the third semester.