The parents of students in private schools in Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah stated that the schools obliged them to pay the first installment of the next academic year, to ensure that their children remain in their classes after the transformation of the "distance learning" system, noting that the schools did not take into account the current conditions and did not reduce Tuition fees for the next academic year, and «Emirates Today» has contacted private schools to obtain a response to complaints from students, but it was not possible to obtain a response from them, as one of the schools in Umm Al Quwain reported that it is busy in applying the “distance learning” system and has no An opportunity to respond, while another school in Ras Al-Khaimah reported Khaima, that she will not comment on the complaints of students ’students, and asked for a response from the Ministry of Education, while« Emirates Today »informed the Ministry of Education of the complaints of students’ students, but it was not possible to get a response.

In detail, Alaa Hashem said that the administration of the school where his son and daughter are studying in Umm Al Quwain obliged him to pay the fees for the first semester of the next academic year.

He explained that he found himself obliged to pay the fees for the first semester of the next academic year, despite the fact that the third semester did not end for the current academic year, following that the school did not take into account the current circumstances of the students ’families, and requested that the fees be paid next year before the beginning of the third semester, to accept the student’s registration in its general classes Next.

He called on the Ministry of Education to review the policy of paying tuition fees in private schools and determine the timing of their payment, according to the interests of the school and taking into account the circumstances of students ’families.

The student's father, Khaled Al-Saba, who is studying in one of the private schools in Umm Al-Quwain, said that the request of private schools from the students ’families to pay the first semester fees for the next academic year before the end of the current academic year, is a burden on the students’ families, especially since the third semester fees have been paid For the current school year a few days ago.

He added that schools, instead of reducing the fees for the third semester after applying the "distance learning" system, have started collecting the fees for the first semester for the next year, without taking into account the circumstances of the students' families.

He continued, “The school informed us that students’ registration will not be accepted for the next academic year in the event that the first semester fees are not paid for the next year, asking the schools to collect seat reservation fees for the next academic year and to pay the full fees at the beginning of the school year.

(Umm Yasir) stated that the school where her son is studying in Ras Al Khaimah asked her to pay the first semester fees for the next academic year, along with the fees for the current third semester, to confirm the enrollment of students in her classes.

She clarified that the competent authorities should direct schools to take into account the conditions of students ’families, not to obtain tuition fees before their deadline, reduce tuition fees, and give students’ families the opportunity to pay premiums throughout the year, in line with the “distance learning” system, and taking into account the current conditions.

Withholding the certificate of success

The mother of a student at a private school in Ras Al-Khaimah said that the school assured her that if the student’s parent delays paying the first semester fee for the next academic science, the certificate of success will be withheld, or not accepted in her classes.

She added that the school did not take into account the circumstances of the students ’families, and changed the formal education system to" distance learning ", and it also preceded the issuance of any decisions from the Ministry of Education regarding the next academic year.

Private schools have refused to respond to the complaints of the students' families, claiming that they are busy applying "distance learning".