The parents of students studying in a private school in Dubai, «Emirates Today», informed that the school administration is asking them to disclose their financial secrets as a condition for reducing the fees for the third semester, adding: “The school does not have the right to request the provision of evidence that the income of students’ families has been affected during the current period, but it must That consideration be given to the service provided to students whose parents pay a financial fee for it. ”
Abdel Rahman Salah, the father of three students in different classes, said that "the school insists on collecting the fees for the third semester in full, despite the impact of the educational services that it provides to my three children, and the decrease of these services to more than half."
He continued, "The school refuses to deduct any percentage of the tuition fees for the third semester, and it is required to examine any request for reducing fees submitted to it by the families of its students, to review the financial secrets of those who were financially affected by the repercussions of preventive measures against the Corona virus."
He explained that the school requests that every student's guardian who wishes to obtain a deduction from the fees for the third semester, a salary certificate, a bank statement, and letters from the employers, provide it to him, and also requests to provide evidence that the student’s parent’s income has been affected if He was one of the business owners, including documents that could only be viewed by government agencies.
For her part, Maryam Jamal (the mother of a female student) said: “The school’s insistence on not reducing the third semester fees as well as several schools in the country is incomprehensible and unjustified, although its fees ranged between more than 20 thousand dirhams for“ KG1 ”and about 40 thousand For the twelfth grade, refusing to show the school of her family's financial secrets.
She added: “If the school considers that the condition for reducing the fees for the third semester is the influence of the student’s family income, and not the decrease in the educational services it provides, then it is obligated to reduce the fees for the third semester of the current academic year, and the fees for the first semester of the next academic year, because some parents Students were told by their employers to reduce their salaries until the end of next December ». Sharif Ibrahim (the father of a student) stated that he had received an e-mail from the school asking him to complete the school fees so that his daughter would continue to distance learning, and in the event of non-payment, the distance learning service would be cut off. He pointed out that he tried to communicate with the school administration, but she did not understand the conditions that work is going through during these days, especially that he works for one of the private sector companies, whose work has declined during the current period.
He added that the school addressed parents of students that requested it via e-mail, asking them to urgently need to re-register their children again in school for the next academic year, provided that they had finished paying all dues for the current school year.
He continued, "It is natural for the school to claim its rights, but the way to claim these rights is regrettable and surprising."
While it was not possible to contact the school administration to obtain a response. In her response to school fees questions via her website, she pointed out that schools can provide discounts for parents on school fees during the distance learning period, and schools can change the conditions of the premiums to suit the needs of students ’parents, such as offering monthly installment options, demanding schools You should inform her at rpc@khda.gov.ae if they choose any of these options.
Pay the fees
Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority stated that, “The parents of students should continue to pay the school fees during the distance learning period, and if the students’ parents are going through difficult financial conditions, they cannot pay the tuition fees due, then we invite schools and students ’families to work Together, to reach a settlement acceptable to both parties. ”