A report issued by Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority, yesterday, showed that the average annual tuition fees for private schools is 29 thousand dirhams, and the percentage of students who pay fees less than 20 thousand dirhams reaches 51.1%.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director General of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai, Dr. Abdullah Al-Karam said: “The private education sector in Dubai will start in the year of preparing for the next fifty years with positive growth rates as one of the vital sectors in Dubai.” He added: “We are proud of what has been achieved of continuous growth at the level of Various economic sectors over the past decade, and the associated advanced infrastructure and innovative future sectors, within growing urban communities and regions, which stimulates future opportunities for growth in the Dubai private education system.

He pointed out that the system of private schools, branches of international universities and training and vocational institutions, has recorded continuous growth rates during the past 10 years in the numbers of learners therein, and in the quality of educational options and programs that allow living a lifelong learning experience, within a multicultural educational community, which reflects the attractiveness of a sector Special education of various types, forms and stages in Dubai, for educational service providers on the one hand, and for families and talents from different cultures and nationalities on the other hand.

Al-Karam stressed that there are various educational options and opportunities today for parents in Dubai, based on the quality of education, more than ever, pointing out that Dubai is progressing year after year with steady steps towards enhancing confidence in the ability and competitiveness of the private education system regionally and internationally, and achieving a balance between Educational opportunities available on the one hand, and increasing turnout rates on the other hand.

He added that the parents of students in Dubai are the primary beneficiaries of diversifying high-quality opportunities, which in turn is a catalyst for achieving more quality education, and enhances the efforts of educational institutions towards improving the quality of student life, in the framework of a systematic and positive cooperation between different groups of society Educational.

The report stated that the number of students in private schools in the Emirate reached 295 thousand and 148 students, with a growth rate of 2.1%, and the number of Emirati students, including 34 thousand and 452 male and female students.

The report pointed out that the number of private schools in the emirate is 208 schools, including three new schools, with a capacity of 363 thousand and 643 students, and the rate of utilization of the absorptive capacity is 81.2%.

The report indicated that the number of schools that adopt the British curriculum is 85 schools, with 109 thousand and 894 students, with an absorption rate of 80.6%, followed by schools that adopt the American curriculum with 38 schools, and 49 thousand and 251 male and female students are taught, with an absorption rate of 79.1%. Then the Indian curriculum numbered 34 schools, 79,151 students were taught in it, with an enrollment rate of 85.1%, then the International Baccalaureate numbered 16 schools, and the number of students reached 18,15 students, and 65.1%, then 13 schools adopted the ministerial curriculum, where it was taught 14,358 male and female students, with a capacity of 85.1%, and other curricula taught in 22 schools, the Web G the number of students studying in which 24 thousand and 479 students, and by absorbing 87.9%.

The report showed that the number of participants from private schools in Dubai in the comprehensive survey of the quality of students ’lives in 2019 amounts to 105 thousand and 526 male and female students, while 13,497 teaching staff are participating in the survey.

The report pointed out that 1305 students from private schools in the emirate participated until the current academic year in "Rahal", while the number is expected to reach more than 150 thousand students, by 2029.

The report stated that the rate of utilization of the absorptive capacity of schools, according to tuition fees, is 88% for schools with fees less than 15,000 dirhams, 80% for schools that have fees of 25,000 dirhams, and 76.3% for schools with fees that reach 40,000, And 66.3% for schools whose fees reach 50 thousand, and 83.9% for schools whose fees reach 60 thousand dirhams or more.

As for the teachers working in private schools in Dubai, their number reached, according to the report of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority, 20 thousand and 752 male and female teachers, with 3900 teachers, 16 thousand and 852 female teachers.

The sector kicks off in the year of "preparing for the next fifty years" with positive growth rates.

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One thousand and 752 teachers work in private schools in Dubai.

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A. The number of male and female students in private schools in the Emirate of Dubai.