Starting next school year

10 new schools in Dubai .. 8 of which have fees between 14.5 thousand and 97 thousand dirhams

• Al-Maarifa confirmed that the annual new school fees do not include any other service fees.

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• The new schools apply different curricula.

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The Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai reported that the next academic year will witness the entry of 10 new private schools to the field of education in the emirate, explaining on its website that the annual tuition fees for new schools ranged between 14.5 thousand and 97 thousand dirhams, which does not include any other service fees (such as book fees). school uniform and transportation).

"Emirates Today" monitored a discrepancy in the fees for new schools, in addition to the difference in the value of classroom fees, as the tuition fees for RGS Guilford School with the British curriculum, in the Dubai Sports City area, start from 75,000 dirhams for the "first kindergarten". And it rises to reach 97,000 dirhams for the sixth year, while the tuition fees for the “Apple” International School, in the Karama area, applicable to the British curriculum, start from 14.5 thousand dirhams for the “first kindergarten,” and rise to 21,000 for the 13th year.

The fees for the "Peace Modern British School", with the British curriculum, in the Rashidiya area, start at 17.5 thousand dirhams for the "first kindergarten", and rise to 29.5 thousand dirhams for the 13th year.

Tuition fees for DUBAI SCHOOLS CORPORATION, with the American curriculum, in Al Baraha, and Dubai Schools Corporation LLC Mirdif, with the American curriculum, in the Mirdif region, start at 29.9 thousand dirhams for the “first kindergarten”, and rise to 66 thousand. Dirhams for grade 12 in both schools.

The fees for Cedar School, which implements the British curriculum, in the Al Warqaa 1 area, start from 25.2 thousand dirhams for the first kindergarten, and rise to 47.9 thousand dirhams for the 13th year.

The tuition fees for Emirates National Schools - Dubai, applicable to the International Baccalaureate curriculum, in the Al Khawaneej 1 area, start from AED 25,000 for the “first kindergarten” and then rise to AED 55,000 for the 12th grade.

Tuition fees for the "Australian International School - Dubai", with the Australian curriculum, in the "Al Barsha 2" area, start from 52 thousand dirhams for the "first kindergarten", and then rise to 63 thousand dirhams for the fifth grade.

The commission's website did not mention tuition fees for the remaining two schools.

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai stated that the capacity of the 10 new schools is estimated at 14,671 academic seats, which will support the private school education system in the emirate, and provide various options that meet the needs of students, the education sector and parents, as it adds new curricula, including the Australian curriculum. It will be presented in Dubai for the first time, starting from the next academic year.

The new schools, which have confirmed their readiness to enter service with the start of the next academic year, include the Royal Grammar Guilford School (RGS Guilford), which will open its first branch in Dubai in the UAE, and it is one of the oldest independent curriculum schools in the United Kingdom. Its history dates back to more than 500 years, bringing the total number of private international schools in Dubai to seven.

The new private schools will be distributed in nine areas in Dubai: Al Warqa 1, City Walk, Mirdif, Tilal Al Ghaf, Al Barsha, Al Karama, Al Khawaneej, Nad Al Sheba and Al Rashidiya.

Various options will be offered for parents within four educational curricula: British, American, and International Baccalaureate, in addition to the Australian curriculum in Dubai, which constitutes a qualitative addition to the educational options available in the emirate.

The number of new private schools that joined private school education in Dubai, during the past three years, reached 25 schools, and private schools recorded an increase in the enrollment rates of their students by 2.6% between November 2020 and February of this year, according to the spring version of the periodic report. Knowledge and Human Development Authority.

• The new schools implement a British, American, Australian and International Baccalaureate curriculum.

• The capacity of the new schools is estimated at 14,671 seats.

• The Australian curriculum will be offered for the first time in Dubai, starting from the next academic year.

• 25 schools joined private school education in Dubai, within three years.

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