Students: “Location, level, and evaluation are not the criterion.”

“Fees” is the most influential factor in choosing children’s schools

• "Education and Knowledge" affirmed its keenness to ensure that tuition fees reflect the quality of education.

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The results of a survey conducted by "Emirates Today" showed that 56% of students' families choose their children's schools based on the value of tuition fees, while the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed the development of a policy for tuition fees, aimed at adopting a clear approach to organizing it, for both private schools and students' families. , to ensure that it reflects the quality of education.

The survey, which presented the most important factors affecting parents' choice of their children's schools, showed that 56% of them choose them based on the value of their tuition fees, 18% based on the opinions of parents of students enrolled in them, 13% based on their location from their place of residence, and 13% their choice is based on Results of improvement reports for inspection of schools.

A number of students’ families, Muhammad Nader, Sayed Mahmoud, Safa Abdoun, Khawla Bahy, and Iman Mahmoud, confirmed that the value of tuition fees is the first question that is asked when asking about the school, in order to ensure their ability to pay it regularly so that their children’s educational progress is not affected, pointing to the “The school’s proximity to the place of residence or its evaluation of its level based on the opinions of knowledge and parents of students registered therein, or based on the reports of the School Inspection Program, are taken into consideration, but it is not the decisive factor.”

Parents of students, Mustafa Nada, Ibrahim Jamal El-Din, and Laila Wasfi, confirmed that they had to transfer their children from their schools after spending several years in them due to the increase in the value of tuition fees in higher grades at rates higher than their financial ability, pointing out that “choosing the school should not be based on The basis for kindergarten fees, but rather looking at the total fees, and anticipating increase rates ranging between 10 and 15%, so that parents do not find themselves forced to change schools.”

The list of private school fees in the emirate showed a discrepancy in tuition fees for 225 schools (the number of schools is calculated based on the curriculum, due to the difference in curriculum fees in the same school), as it showed that 58 schools whose tuition fees are less than 10,000 dirhams, while the fees for 54 schools ranged between 10 Thousands and less than 20,000 dirhams, the fees of 47 schools ranged between 20,000 dirhams and less than 30,000 dirhams, and 31 schools ranged between 30,000 and 40,000 dirhams.

The fees of 35 private schools increased to 40,000 dirhams.

According to the latest fees announced within the reports of the “Irtiqa” program to inspect private schools in Abu Dhabi, the highest fees for a private school in the emirate amounted to 96,333 dirhams (British curriculum), while the lowest tuition fees collected by a private school amounted to 2,300 dirhams.

The lowest tuition fees in the British curriculum schools amounted to 3,200 dirhams, and in the American curriculum, between 4,200 dirhams to 83,000 dirhams, depending on the school and grade. 27 thousand and 200 dirhams.

The fees for the International Baccalaureate curriculum schools ranged between 27 thousand and 200 dirhams and 71 thousand and 600 dirhams, while the Sabis curriculum schools ranged between 55 thousand and 500 dirhams and 19 thousand and 900 dirhams.

In Indian curriculum schools, fees ranged between 5000 and 25 thousand dirhams.

Asian curricula schools (Filipino, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi) ranked schools with the lowest fees, ranging between 2,300 and 8,000 dirhams.

For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge confirmed its endeavor to build a high-quality educational system that encourages innovation and excellence, and contributes to preparing students to face future challenges through programs, initiatives and regulations that advance the educational process and its outputs from the kindergarten stage until the end of the secondary stage, pointing to its keenness to Providing a group of schools that meet the needs of different segments of society, suit their cultural backgrounds, and respond to the diverse aspirations of parents.

The department indicated, in the Private Schools Policies and Guidelines Manual, that it adopts a clear and transparent policy to regulate fees for both private schools and students' families, to ensure that tuition fees reflect the quality of education, noting that it takes into account conducting a financial study using the financial model issued by it for this purpose. And comparing school fees with fees of schools of similar quality and similar curricula, while estimating the general effectiveness of the school in the latest evaluation report, in addition to the cost of school facilities and services, and making sure that no fees are set that would enable the school to achieve excessive profits, emphasizing its refusal to give priority to commercial interest over quality education.

Fee Increase Criteria

The Department of Education and Knowledge stressed the need for the school to obtain the approval of the department regarding school fees, timetables for their payment, and payment procedures, before announcing them, and proceeding to collect them, noting that the schools’ commitment to their fee model was verified.

She said, "The school is prohibited from collecting any fees that exceed what the department approved before the start of the academic year."

56%

Parents of students choose their children's schools based on the fees.

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A school in Abu Dhabi whose tuition fees are less than 10 thousand dirhams.

96 thousand and 333 dirhams .. the highest fees for a private school in Abu Dhabi, "British Curriculum".

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