The Department of Education and Knowledge revealed that 27 plots of land are being offered for investment and building distinctive private schools that serve the educational process, in response to the growing demand for enrollment in private schools, across the emirate, noting that the number of private schools in the emirate is currently 198, and it is expected to enter 19 new schools Serve on consecutive periods.
In detail, the department affirmed its keenness to take serious steps and initiatives to raise the absorptive capacity of distinguished private schools, enhance the educational process, and facilitate investment in the private sector, in order to meet the growing demand for academic seats, as the annual growth rate of students in private education reaches 5%. The department affirmed its keenness to provide all kinds of support to investors, who have distinguished academic qualifications, and a long record of experience in the field of educational institutions management, including the provision of land, the necessary information about market requirements and future expectations in the private school market, in addition to assistance in completing licensing requests .
She indicated that it focuses on a number of key elements, to agree to the establishment of new schools that include quality in the level of student performance, effectiveness of teaching, school leadership, provision of educational opportunities, and increased opportunities to enroll in private schools, by ensuring that sufficient capacity is available, in addition to ensuring The ability of families to pay the required fees, by providing good educational opportunities in front of students, in exchange for affordable school fees.
The Education and Knowledge Department identified eight steps to establish a private school in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which includes allocating the land, issuing a Musataha contract, submitting the design idea to the school, obtaining a building permit from the Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport, starting construction, submitting a work progress report, and conducting the education department with the first inspection, and requesting Obtaining a building completion certificate, in addition to obtaining a temporary educational license from the department.
And the department explained that after the investor obtained a letter of approval to request the temporary license for the purpose of establishing a new private school, the request is referred to the Abu Dhabi government to allocate educational land, where the government approves the allocation of educational land (according to availability), and the department informs the investor, and he must respond within 14 Days after receiving the approval letter, after which the approval to sign the Musataha land educational contract with the investor will take place.
5 conditions
The Department of Education and Knowledge indicated that there are five conditions and requirements for the operation of new schools, including: the school’s infrastructure, licenses, the teaching and administrative staff recruitment mechanism, and scheduled and final timetables, and the provision of elements that help create an attractive school environment, stressing the need to adhere to the terms and requirements for operating any school New.