School administrations attributed him to the financial deficit and the inability to pay employees' salaries
Cutting virtual education for students due to fee delays
Schools have confirmed communicating with students' families to find appropriate solutions to fees delayed
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Families of students confirmed that their children's schools prevented them from entering the virtual education platform, "distance education," due to their delay in paying tuition fees.
And they considered that "this procedure does not take into account the general economic conditions that many families are going through, because of the repercussions resulting from the current health conditions in the world."
On the other hand, school administrations (in Dubai and Sharjah) attributed preventing some students from pursuing their studies through educational platforms, to the failure of their parents to pay financial dues from school fees, which causes schools to have a financial deficit, and it is difficult to pay the salaries of their employees, and to pay other service fees. .
While the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai stressed the need for schools and parents to cooperate in reaching an acceptable settlement that preserves the rights of both parties, the Sharjah Special Education Authority stressed that no student should be prevented from continuing his studies due to late payment of school fees, or part of it.
In detail, Salah El-Din Mustafa (the father of a student in a private school) said: “My daughter started studying at school about 12 years ago, and she is currently in high school.
However, we were surprised to cut off the virtual education service from it, because of our delay in paying some of the fees this year, ”adding:“ We acknowledge the school’s financial right, but it is unacceptable for the student to be prevented from education because of the delay of one out of 36 installments over the 12 academic years she spent in The school".
Ahmed Salim (the father of two students in a charitable school) said: “Cutting education services for students who are late in paying financial dues is inconsistent with educational principles,” adding: “The school can guarantee its financial right by other means, most notably the refusal to register the student for the next academic year, and refuse He handed over his diploma, but the school relied on the easiest procedure, which is to cut off education.
He pointed out that “preventing the student from studying does not take into account the financial conditions that families are currently going through, in light of the health conditions that the whole world is witnessing,” calling for the school to take other measures to facilitate payment methods for parents, such as increasing the premiums and reducing their value.
Howayda Alaa (the mother of three students in a private school) said: “I was surprised by the school administration cutting off the distance education service for my children, so I contacted her, and she assured me that the reason for cutting the service is the non-payment of financial dues.”
And she continued: "She agreed with the school administration on a mechanism to install the dues, in order to ensure that her children return to school."
On the other hand, the general director of a private "charity" school stated that the school administration has the right to take whatever it deems appropriate to guarantee its financial rights, indicating that more than one procedure has been followed, including cutting study service for a period of three days for students whose parents have not paid financial dues. The period is in each semester if the student's father continues to abstain from payment.
He added that “the school’s keenness to guarantee its rights is what enables it to fulfill its obligations towards teachers and its workers,” noting that “the school collects symbolic fees, but they are necessary in order to be able to continue providing educational services to students.”
He pointed out that "the school has financial arrears with students' parents amounting to 51 million dirhams for this year only, and it pays four million and 600 thousand dirhams every month to 714 employees working in the school."
A private school director stated that “the administration took into account the families’ conditions and took many measures during the past periods, from installments and reductions. ”She confirmed that she had contacted the parents of students who were entitled to pay late installments, by phone, via e-mail and text messages, without a response from some, which prompted School to make this decision.
The director of a private school said: “Cutting education services was a standard procedure throughout the previous period, but it was stopped last week based on a decision by the Sharjah Private Education Authority.”
In a circular issued and distributed to school administrations, she emphasized: “It is impermissible to dismiss the student, prevent him from entering the exam, or stop him from teaching, because of the delay in paying the tuition fees.”
He added, "The circular affirmed the school's right to refrain from issuing a transfer certificate or academic certificate, or from re-registering the student for the following year until the financial settlement is made."
For its part, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai called for taking into account the interests of both parties (parents and the school), and working to ensure the continuity of providing education service through each party's performance of its duty.
She urged school administrations to understand the conditions that some families are going through, by giving them a time limit that allows them to fulfill their financial commitment.
And she urged the families of students who are late in paying tuition fees to put the interest of their children first.
The Sharjah Private Education Authority also stressed that "the school has no right to prevent the student from entering the education platform, or to dismiss him from studying, due to the delay of his guardian in paying the tuition fees."
She said that she puts the student’s interest before anything else, adding that this interest is not achieved through his dismissal or preventing him from continuing his education.
The authority called on school administrations to abide by what was stated in the circular, and to take other measures that take this interest into consideration and give them priority.
"Knowledge" in Dubai: The school and guardian contract specifies the payment mechanism
The Executive Director of the Permits and Compliance Sector at the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai, Mohammed Ahmed Darwish, said: “The school contract and the guardian determine the mechanism agreed upon between the school and the guardian for the payment of school fees, and the policy followed in the authority to register students and recover school fees is based on the need for cooperation Schools and parents together, in order to reach a just and acceptable settlement, that preserves the rights of both parties.
He stressed that private schools are responsible for ensuring the continuity of providing education services to their students with high quality, and that the guardian’s commitment to pay the due fees on time will enable the school to continue providing education services without interruption.
Mohammed Ahmed Darwish. Archives
Reducing the classroom to 30 minutes
The School Operations Sector, affiliated to the Emirates Institution for Institutional Education, informed government school administrations in Abu Dhabi yesterday to reduce the duration of the class to 30 minutes instead of 45 minutes, while preserving the inclusion of five minutes between classes, and including the break during the school day, so that 15 minutes, as of yesterday.
The circular includes students from the first cycle until the high school stage, as for the kindergarten stage, the class time remains as it was specified in the study plan for that stage (30 minutes).
The school day for KG1 and KG2 children includes four classes.
As for the lessons, they include: (Arabic language, mathematics, English, science, Islamic education and social studies), in addition to providing video clips from the teachers.
• “Knowledge” called on schools and parents to reach a settlement that preserves the rights of both parties.
• “Sharjah for Special Education” refused to prevent the student from continuing his studies because of the fees.
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