Discounts between 10 and 50% of the fee
"Give a student and get a discount" .. Logo of private schools to attract students
Private schools resorted to presenting new offers to attract students, due to the low numbers of enrollments in them for the new academic year, including the offer of “Give a student and get a discount from your son’s fees”, “No registration fees”, and “Down payment deduction” for a school that opens its doors to study this. Year for the first time.
Students' families confirmed that they are still afraid of registering their children, and agreeing with schools to pay the full fees, expecting to convert the study to a "virtual", as happened in the third semester of the last academic year.
In detail, "Emirates Today" monitored a new discount offered, for the first time, by a private school in Ajman, with the aim of increasing the number of students enrolled in it. The list of its fees included a discount conditional on bringing another student, "Give a student and get a discount."
The school has set a deduction of 300 dirhams from the fees for the student who attracts another to register for it.
A school in Ajman, which opens its doors for the first time to study, also offered a 10% discount on tuition fees, in addition to other discounts, most notably the "sibling discount" and "transfer discount", and a school in Sharjah offered a 50% discount on the occasion of its opening.
The school affirmed in the list of fees it provides that it aims to support families, in light of the income of many of them affected by the Corona pandemic, explaining that the facilities it provides confirms its keenness to make the educational process at the forefront of its priorities, not just financial profit.
In other announcements, private schools in Dubai called on parents to register their children in them "without registration fees", which were set by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai at a rate not exceeding 10% of the school year fees.
In her announcement, she emphasized that it aims to provide a distinguished educational level, and to develop and improve students' intellectual skills using the latest technologies, with a new perspective and high international standards, while enhancing self-confidence and building the student’s personality, noting that all of this comes with the support of families who are essential partners in the educational process.
On the other hand, parents of students expressed their fear of registering their children in schools, in the event that the vision is not clear about the approved education system in the new school year, stressing that they will be obligated to pay full tuition fees if they register their children, even with the adoption of the "virtual education" system that prohibits Students have several educational services.
Imad Salah said: “I have a child in the third grade, and his tuition fees are about 18,000 dirhams, in addition to the school bus fees and daily expenses. If the second son enrolls in school, this doubles the sums required in the school year, and the salary does not meet these expenses,” referring to He is confused by the lack of a good vision for the education system, as when adopting "distance education", the fees exceed the educational services provided to the student.
He added: “The student’s guardian bears unfair fees in the case of virtual education, because the fees he pays include the services provided by the school to students within its walls, including interaction with others, activities, behavioral and social training, and all of these services, or most of them, will be lost by the student in the event. Distance education accreditation ».
Ihab Ali (the father of a student) said that he does not prefer registering his daughter in kindergarten, because it is a stage that depends on an educational activity for the child rather than studying specific subjects. Therefore, "not registering my daughter in a school at this stage will not significantly affect her level and educational attainment later."
He attributed his decision to the fact that his work was greatly affected by the Corona pandemic, which affected all countries of the world.
Sarah Jamal al-Din (the mother of a child) said: “I work in a private agency with a salary of 10 thousand dirhams, and the employer reduced salaries by 30%, which affected the family budget, so if the repercussions of the Corona pandemic continue to affect the labor market, this will negatively affect my ability. On providing tuition fees for my son, and then this puts me in front of two options, either I search for him for a lower-tuition school or leave him at home without studying.
- private schools called on parents to enroll their children without registration fees.
- A school set a discount of 300 dirhams from the fees for the student who attracts another.
- With students who are afraid of registering their children, and agreeing with schools to pay the full fees.