Private schools have informed the students ’families of their readiness to return 20% of the fees for the current third semester, after the change to the“ distance ”learning system, in solidarity with the families of the students during the current circumstances due to the precautionary measures to combat the Corona virus, provided that the fees recovered will be transferred to the semester The first for the next school year.

And the parents of students said to «Emirates Today», that they received text messages on their phones stating that schools are ready to return 20% of the fees for the third semester for all academic levels and transfer them to the first semester of the next academic year, adding that they asked schools to return the amount in cash and not transfer it to the school year Next, because they are going to change schools or return to their country permanently.

In detail .. The students ’families, Khaled Issa, Hussam Abu Ghanem, and Alaa Al-Saba, said that the schools took an initiative to return 20% of the fees for the third semester and transfer it to the first semester of the new academic year, without agreeing to return it in cash to the students’ families or transfer it through their bank accounts.

They pointed out that the deduction of part of the fees for the third semester contributed to alleviating the financial burdens on them, observing that private schools have shown flexibility in dealing with the current conditions experienced by the parents of students.

They added that the requirement of schools to transfer fees to the first semester confused some parents who are planning to transfer their children to other schools and families who intend to return to their country after the end of the current school year.

For its part, private schools reported that they apply the flexibility policy to reduce the fees for the third semester, by transferring the amount to the fees for the first semester of the new school year in order to alleviate the students ’families, explaining that refunding the amount in cash to the students’ families will confuse the school administrations because they do not have bank accounts for all those Students.

She added that the best procedure is to transfer the amount to the first semester, pointing out that it is currently studying some requests related to refunding some fees in cash by bank transfer for students wishing to move to other schools or who wish to return to their country after the end of the school year.

She indicated that she is studying all the options that contribute to alleviating the financial burden on the students ’families and preserving the rights of schools, especially that they have obligations to pay the salaries of teachers, administrators, technicians, and operating expenses fees.

Schools see difficulty in refunding cash, under the current circumstances.