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GEMS Education to open private schools in the UK

GEMS Education to open private schools in the UK Dubai-based GEMS Education is planning to venture out in the UK by setting up private schools with fees at half the price of top schools in the country.

As reported by Arabian Business, GEMS intends to open six fee-paying day schools for boys and girls aged three to 18 in towns and cities across England over the next two years.

It is said that GEMS aims to charge parents between £8,000 and £12,000 a year – about half or a third of the price of some of the country’s leading public schools.

Posted by Dubai Dude - February 4, 2012 at 12:42 pm

Categories: Business in Dubai, Education, Living in Dubai Tags: Education, GEMS, UK

Six Private Schools Ordered To Refund Fees

Follwing Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)’s decision that Private schools should not collect tuition fees in advance, six private schools in Dubai have been ordered to refund tuition fees, collected in advance, after they continued to violate directives issued by education authorities.

Khaleej Times reported that two of these returned fees to parents on Thursday while the other four are expected to follow suit this week.

Institutions are, however, allowed to collect a registration deposit of five per cent of the school fees with a maximum of Dh500. Many parents have written to KHDA confirming their children’s schools had rectified the situation.

Posted by Dubai Dude - March 22, 2009 at 1:09 pm

Categories: Living in Dubai Tags: Education, KHDA

More chaos with Dubai Modern High School

Dubai Modern High School wants to keep in the news. Apparently it is persistent with its move to new Dhs 200 Million campus, and subsequent fee hike.

The school issued a circular that it will be moving to its new Dh200 million site in Nad Al Sheba because there is no overwhelming support from parents to pay the fee increase at the old premises.

The circular stated that the move will be effected once all the necessary approvals from government authorities are given for the new building and the new fee structure.

Posted by Dubai Dude - March 18, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Categories: Living in Dubai Tags: Dubai Modern High School, Education, GEMS, KHDA, Nad Al Sheba

GEMS has another trick up its sleeve

Despite Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) education authority’s announcement announcing that it will come out with a new fee structure for private schools, Dubai Modern High School run by the Global Education Management Systems (GEMS) has asked parents to vote for a fee increase so as to be considered as a? “special case”.

Khaleej Times reports that parents of students have been asked to vote in favour of a “unanimously agreed” fee increase to continue on the existing campus. Members of the parent committee have, however, denied that there was any unanimously agreed fee increase.

Posted by Dubai Dude - March 10, 2009 at 4:42 am

Categories: Living in Dubai Tags: Dubai Modern High School, Education, GEMS, KHDA

Private Schools told to Refund Advance Fee

Private schools in Dubai that have collected tuition fees in advance have to refund the advance or risk facing licensing issues.

Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has reiterated its warning of last week, without going into the precise action it has in mind for continued refusal to comply.

Khaleej Times reports many parents have written to Khaleej Times to complain that some schools threaten forfeiture of seats if fees are not paid in advance.

Mohammed Darwish, Chief of Licensing and Customer Relations at KHDA, said in a statement to Khaleej Times: “The Licensing Department views very seriously the situation of the schools that deviate from the rules.

Posted by Dubai Dude - March 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Categories: Living in Dubai Tags: Education, KHDA, Raffles International School, The International School of Choueifat

GEMS Launches Education Insurance Scheme For School Fee Payments in Dubai

GEMS introduced an education insurance programme that assures funding of pupils’ tuition fees in the event of death or total disability of the family’s primary bread winner.

Himmat Sandhu, Director, School Business Operations and Administration, Global Education Management System Education (GEMS), said EduShield programme offers global coverage for the parent and a tuition fee payout facility anywhere in the world, without geographical restrictions.

The maximum payout is between $225,000 (Dh825,750) and $600,000 at annual premium of Dh375 to Dh575 respectively.

The customised education insurance programme is the result of a collaborated effort between Marsh Insco LLC, and GEMS Education.