You are here: Home > GEMS

Tag Archives | GEMS

GEMS Education

GEMS Education to open private schools in the UK

By on February 4, 2012 in Business in Dubai, Education, Living in Dubai

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 […]

Read full story • Comments { 0 }

More chaos with Dubai Modern High School

By on March 18, 2009 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. 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 […]

Read full story • Comments { 1 }

GEMS has another trick up its sleeve

By on March 10, 2009 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”. […]

Read full story • Comments { 0 }

GEMS Launches Education Insurance Scheme For School Fee Payments in Dubai

By on February 11, 2009 in Living 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 […]

Read full story • Comments { 0 }

Parent Survey and Forum against Fee Hike at Dubai Modern High School

By on February 1, 2009 in Living in Dubai

Parents are continuing their grievances against fee hike by Dubai Modern High School (managed by GEMS). Pradeep (doing excellent coverage of Dubai Modern High School situation), gave links to online survey and Facebook forum at his blog. The links are: – Survey at Survey Monkey (only parents are requested to fill the survey form) – […]

Read full story • Comments { 1 }

Dubai Schools relax payment plan in the wake of credit crunch

By on January 30, 2009 in Living in Dubai

While schools like Dubai Modern High School are hiking their tuition fees to more than 90% fees in a session, there are some schools in Dubai who are relaxing payment plans for parents effected by recession and credit crunch. Arabian Business quoted Clive Pierrepont, director of communications and marketing at Taaleem, which runs seven schools […]

Read full story • Comments { 0 }
GEMS World Academy

GEMS Managed schools raising tuition fees to new heights

By on January 23, 2009 in Living in Dubai

Dubai Modern High School, a GEMS managed school, has released its fee structure for the academic sessions of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, which shows an exponential raise in tuition fees. Parents have complained that they don’t need bigger facilities or state-of-the-art swimming pools on the cost of such an exponential increase in fees, especially at this […]

Read full story • Comments { 5 }