Parents of students in private schools in Dubai and Sharjah affirmed the refusal of their children's schools to reimburse bus fees for them for the third semester, even though the students did not benefit from the school transportation service, since the decision to convert the study to “distance learning” was issued, due to the pandemic of “Corona” ».

They demanded the relevant authorities in the state to monitor the financial performance of schools, in addition to their educational performance.

The Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority stated that the students ’parents have the right to recover school transportation fees for the third semester, if they have paid them, and are not required to pay them in light of the Ministry of Education’s decision to implement the“ distance learning ”system, from the beginning of the third semester until the end of the current school year , For students of different educational levels, at the state level.

The Sharjah Private Education Authority also directed the administrations of private schools in Sharjah to return transportation fees and school canteen for students, for the third semester, while it was not possible to obtain a response from school administrations.

The parents of students: Dalia Jamal, Mr. Abdel Hamid, and Fatima Saif, «Emirates Today», that they contacted the administration of their children's school in Dubai, which adopts the American curriculum, to recover school bus fees, because their children did not benefit from this service since the beginning of the third semester, However, they were surprised that the school refused to return the fees to them, on the pretext that it was obliged to pay the salaries of bus drivers and bus supervisors.

The parents of the students explained that the school has no right to refrain from returning fees for services that were not organized, and their children did not benefit from them, especially school bus fees.

They said that the reason that students do not benefit from the services is the health condition of the country and the world, and not their failure to use them. That is, the disruption of the school transportation service was not issued by the parents, but by government agencies, and it comes within the precautionary and preventive measures to protect society from the outbreak of the emerging corona virus (COFED-19).

They demanded the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai to have more control over schools, including financial aspects, and fees for school services, especially in light of the current circumstances, which saw the income of many families affected negatively, to the extent that they were unable to pay the remaining tuition fees.

The father of a student said, in a private school, that the school administration refused to return the school bus fees for the third semester, and notified the students ’families that they would count the fees as part of the tuition fees for the next academic year, adding that“ the school did not discuss us in its decision, as it is possible that there are families that do not She wants her children to continue studying at school. ”

The father of two students, in a private school, stated that the school administration asked him to sign a declaration that he would transfer his two daughters from her to another school, in order to obtain school bus fees for the third semester, adding that he had completed the procedures for registering them in another school, but he could not recover the bus fees until he signed On acknowledgment.

On the other hand, parents of students in Dubai received letters from the administrations of their children's schools inviting them to review the accounts, to recover part of the private bus fees, or to calculate it within the bus fees for the next academic year.

The Sharjah Private Education Authority directed the refund of fees for students ’families for the third semester, calling on private school administrations in Sharjah to cooperate and commit to implementing the decision.

She emphasized that the decision will be applied to 116 private schools in Sharjah.

The Commission has identified two options: either collecting the remaining fees in cash, or transferring them to the student’s account, and deducting them from the tuition fees for the next academic year.

Common formula

In Dubai, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority affirmed that if the student’s parents pay the school bus fees for the third semester, they should communicate with the service provider to agree on a mechanism for their recovery, noting that the student’s parents, the school, and the service provider can reach a common formula, Return the school bus fees for the third semester.

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