February 17th, 2010 | by Dubai Dude | published in Living in Dubai
Well, were we not aware of how good Indian and Pakistani schools in Dubai are? Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB) has just confirmed what most of expat parents already know, most of Indian and Pakistani schools in Dubai suck. According to DSIB study reported in Arabian Business, one in five Indian and Pakistani schools in [...]
March 22nd, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Living in Dubai
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 [...]
March 18th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Living in Dubai
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. Gulf News reports that the school issued a circular that it will be moving to its new Dh200 million site in Nad Al Sheba because there is no [...]
March 10th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Living in Dubai
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”. [...]
March 5th, 2009 | by Dubai Dude | published in Living in Dubai
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 [...]