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Schools will have the option to allow pupils and staff to work from home on Fridays throughout the Holy Month. The announcement was made by the KHDA on Twitter, following news earlier this week that Dubai government employees will work remotely on Fridays during Ramadan, with 70% of them working from home and 30% from the office. The decision was made by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of DubaiÂ
For the new academic session, which is scheduled to start on April 1, no private school built on government land will be able to increase its fees without DOEâs approval. In a circular, DoE said, "All the head of schools/managers of private unaided recognised schools, allotted land by the land-owning agencies, are directed to submit their proposals, if any, for prior sanction of directorate of education, through the website of the directorate.âÂ
The Sharjah Private Education Authority said, the increase is in âresponse to the private sector's needs to enhance resources and work requirementsâ. Schools will be allowed to increase fees ânot exceeding 5% for the academic year 2023-2024, according to the school's academic evaluation and the country's inflation rateâ, the authority said in a statement. âIt should also be noted that schools with a rating below 'acceptable' are not eligible to increase tuition fees.âÂ
Prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) help facilitate the purchase of goods and services, including financial services, remittances and fund transfers to family and friends against the value stored on such instruments. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday permitted the PPI wallets to be part of interoperable UPI ecosystem and levied 1.1 per cent charge on UPI transactions above âš2,000 while using PPI. These new guidelines will be effective from April 1st.Â
Embracing AI is the way forward, many headteachers say - but pupils should not be allowed to use it to avoid work. Zero GPT and other tools help to detect if something has been written by a human or Ai. Vaughan Pope, head of education technology at Taaleem said, âOur ethos has not been to ban ChatGPT & other digital systems that we canât deal with but rather teach the effective and responsible use of digital technologies,â.Â
The Bombay High Court on tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to reply to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which demanded that parents should be able to pay school fees in installments in view of the economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students have been unable to pay the fees on time due to various pandemic-related reasons & they must not be barred from attending classes. The HC will hear the PIL further later this month.
In the first in-person inspection of 32 Indian & 2 Pakistani private schools in Dubai, 73% of students attend Indian curriculum schools rated âgoodâ or âbetterâ, and the proportion of students attending very good schools has increased to 42%, up from 37% in 2019-20, according to results released by Dubaiâs KHDA. 78% (more than 3/4) of schools were found to offer wellbeing provision rated high or very high. One school ranked 'outstanding' while 10 were ranked 'very good'.
Many parents who were financially hit during the pandemic have shifted their kids to govt schools. Indiaâs tuition culture often gets a bad rap, but for many low-income parents who are unable to help their children make up for Covid-induced learning losses, the neighbourhood âtuition auntyâ or âmaths sirâ is a lifeline. Parents are shifting their children from private to government schools because of the cost they are willing to pay for personalised coaching
UAE public schools are administering computer-based exams for the first time for Grades 3 to 12, the Emirates School Establishment (ESE) has announced. The digital assessments are being held in tandem with paper-based tests on a trial basis between February 27 and March 3. ESE announced that the trial exams are being held to ensure that students are ready for the new testing model. It will also give students and educators a chance to provide feedback.
Dubai South has signed an agreemenet with school investor and operator, Bright Capital Investment, to bring the first school to the area. The new school will offer a 'premiere British education' to students from Foundation Stage 1 to Year 13 from September 2024. Registrations will open closer to the end of 2023. Dubai South is the rebranded Dubai World Central development, covering an area of 145 sq. km.
Registration for new pupils wanting to enrol in UAE public schools or transfer from private schools (either within the country or from abroad) for the academic year 2023-2024 began on March 1, authorities have announced. The Emirates Schools Establishment (ESE) said on Twitter that this registration for all cycles is specifically for Emirati pupils and will run until March 24, 2023
The UAE Sports Federation for Schools and University Education Institutions has launched a School Games programme in a bid to develop champions by providing training at the grassroots level in special centres for both Emiratis and expatriates. These centres aim to prepare, qualify and develop the talents and sports abilities of students in the age groups from 9-14 years in eight sporting disciplines, namely judo, shooting, fencing, athletics, archery, swimming, taekwondo and badminton
The use of Artificial Intelligence-based ChatGPT has been prohibited in the class 10, 12 board exams by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), officials said on Feb 14th. The class 10 and 12 board exams are set to begin on Feb 15th."Mobile, ChatGPT & other electronic items will not be allowed in the examination hall," according to instructions issued by the board ahead of the papers. The use of ChatGPT will amount to using unfair means in the exam, the board officials said. "Students are not allowed to carry any electronic devices inside the exam centre. This includes using device to access ChatGPT so that unfair means is not used," a senior board official said.
A coding school in Abu Dhabi has opened its doors for candidates to register for an intense boot camp starting in February, 2023. The school, called 42 Abu Dhabi, uses a 'peer-to-peer, gamified learning methodology'. It will hold the 'Piscine' boot camp with the aim of selecting candidates to enrol in its tuition-free coding school. Potential applicants may visit 42 Abu Dhabiâs official website, where they will have to complete 42 Abu Dhabiâs pre-selection âGameâ - an online assessment which evaluates cognitive capacity via logic and memory tests.
According to Delhi High Court, a child cannot be prevented from attending school or sitting for exams in the middle of an academic term on the grounds that there are unpaid fees because education is a crucial right that is "encompassed under right to life." The court's observation was in response to a petition from a Class 10 student at a private, school in this city whose name had been removed off the roll due to unpaid tuition and who was asking to be allowed to take the upcoming CBSE board exams.
Private schools have intensified recruitment efforts to meet the UAE's Emiratisation targets, but securing Emirati teachers remains a challenge for some smaller institutions. From January 1, 2023, private companies with more than 50 employees must ensure that 2 per cent of staff members are Emirati. This figure will rise to 4 per cent by the end of this year, 6 per cent in 2024 and 8 per cent in 2025. The policy was introduced by the government, as part of a major push to ensure 10 per cent of the private sector workforce is Emirati by 2026
An association of private schools has written a letter to the chief minister asking for a 30% increase in base fees. They have written that the fee regulation rule was implemented in 2017-18 and since then there has been no revision in the base fees for primary, secondary and higher secondary private schools while the expenditures have gone up due to inflation.
Fresh Emirati graduates will be trained to be teachers under a new drive by the country's largest school operators. The Taaleem education group is set to launch a programme in September to train young Emiratis straight out of school or college to work as teachers. It also plans to create more apprentice programmes for Emiratis, with the aim of training them to be school leaders.
NEP 2020 advocates technology integration in school education, including the use of gamification and apps, assistive devices and other technology-based processes and platforms to ensure seamless and effective learning. It also emphasizes the need for multimodal pedagogy, which, by nature, requires the use of new-age technologies in making teaching-learning more inclusive, interactive and adaptive.
Eco-friendly UAE schools are stepping up efforts to ditch single-use plastics, ahead of nationwide plastic ban being brought into force from January 1, 2024. From making and distributing jute bags for shopping, to bringing aluminium lunchboxes, pupils are making a head start in saying no to plastic. The Royal Grammar School Guildford Dubai made a pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic.
Professor Muthanna G. Abdul Razzaq, Founder and President of the American University in the UAE, stressed that the future of schools lies in the efficiency of its teachers. âI believe education is about 70% practical teaching and only 30% theory. We need teachers today to be equipped with tools to enable practical learning for students. I donât believe any student fails. If a student underperforms, it is the responsibility of teachers to deliver supportâ
The Private and Unaided Schools Association, Uttar Pradesh gave the final nod to the decision for a fee hike. School fees will increase by 11.69% in every class from the next academic session. The fee hike will be implemented from April 1, 2023. During Covid-19, the UP government imposed a ban on fee hikes, after which they were hiked for the first time this year.
Despite being only five days into the January term, school groups in the UAE are already scouting for new teachers to join their teams in August. One education provider in the Emirates said it has more than 100 positions open for the 2023-2024 academic year. For education leaders, recruiting teachers has become a year-round process, with schools growing throughout the year.
The CBSE-affiliated schools are not required to pay any fee for introducing the skill module & skill subject at any level. The CBSE has taken many initiatives for integrating Skill Education in its affiliated schools as per the guidelines of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Over 27 lakh students of Class 9 & Class 12 are currently studying skill subjects in approx. 22,000 affiliated schools.
The technology has been created by OpenAI, a San Francisco based tech-firm co-founded by Elon Musk. On Dec 4, just four days after its launch, ChatGPT had more than a million users. âThis is definitely already being used, as students are tech savvy,â said Dr Yates, an associate professor of humanities at Khalifa University. âIt is easy to use, so if they are late for an assignment it is a simple option. It has the potential to turn us more into classroom police.
Punjab school education minister Harjot Singh said the state government will not allow any private school to âlootâ the students and their parents and strict action will be taken against any private institution for violating the rules. The education minister said the fee regulatory body, Patiala directed two private schools in the district to refund the excess fee charged during the academic year 2022-23 to the students.
Some schools in Dubai have chosen to start later in the morning so that pupils, especially teenagers, can get more sleep. Pupils in the UAE typically need to arrive at school between 7am and 7.30am, meaning they often need to wake up between 5.30am to 6.30am, Head teachers of schools that have backed a later start said they have seen pupils' punctuality, attendance and well-being improve after they got some extra sleep.
Nord Anglia Education has announced the planned opening of Nord Anglia International School Abu Dhabi in Aug 2023. The all-through British curriculum school will accept enrolments for students aged 3 - 13 yrs initially, expanding to accept students up to 18 years in August 2024. The purpose-built campus, with a built-up area of 44,700 square meters, will be located on Reem Island
The Unaided Private Schools Association, UP, in its recently held general body meeting announced that there will upto 12% hike in fee from 2023-24 academic session, as per the Uttar Pradesh Fee Regulation Act, 2018. The hike comes after the government in April this year withdrew its âno fee hikeâ order, allowing schools to increase the fee. The annual composite fee in private schools of UP can be increased by CPI plus 5%.
International research points to wellbeing as a key component in the improvement of educational outcomes, enabling students to have more positive experiences of school; higher levels of self-esteem; & increased motivation. KHDA has launched a âguiding frameworkâ for Dubai private schools, designed to give parents, teachers & students a shared understanding of what wellbeing looks like in schools, and how it can be improved.
The Centre is encouraging a chapter on 'prevention of food wastage' in the school syllabi to create awareness among young students, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs Ashwini Kumar Choubey, in his written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the government has carried out publicity campaigns through the print and electronic media from time to time to sensitize people against food wastage.
Boarding schools in the UAE have grown in popularity as parents in the Middle East look for residential school options closer to home. Head teachers said parents traditionally chose boarding schools in Europe but were now opting for options in the UAE. The UAE has very few boarding schools where fees range from Dh141,000 to Dh239,700. But parents are willing to spend a small fortune to ensure their children learn life skills early on and can access support for university applications.
Having successfully navigated a selection process, 140 Emirati scholars in the inaugural Khotwa (RizeUp) scholarship programme, launched by Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), are finalising preparations to kickstart their higher education studies at community colleges in the US and Canada next month. Tuition fees, living expenses and allowances covered under âKhotwaâ scholarships by ADEK
3 of these are planned in Dubai and 1 in Abu Dhabi, including 2 new ones under the Dubai British School brand. Shedding light on the growth trajectory of the K-12 segment, Dr Abdulla Al Karam, opines, âMore than 326,000 students are enrolled in Dubaiâs private schools today, an increase of 4.5% since the end of last academic year. The continued growth of this sector is testament to the world-class teaching and learning taking place every day in the UAE.â
All states, with the exception of three, have agreed to include a financial literacy programme for school education boards that has been developed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other authorities, an official said on Monday. "If we could inculcate basic financial literacy in school education, then that would be much better to expand financial literacy in the country," Anil Kumar Sharma, Executive Director RBI said.
For Dubaiâs private school students, UK curriculum schools remain the top choice according to the KHDA's latest stats, with 36% of students opting for the curriculum. The Indian curriculum is the second most popular (26 per cent), followed by the American curriculum (15 per cent). The International Baccalaureate (7 per cent) and UK/IB hybrid curriculum (4 per cent) round up the top five curriculum choices.Â
Dubai school operator Taaleem Holdings has raised Dh750 million ($204m) from its initial public offering. It was more than 18 times oversubscribed, the company said in a statement. The company will have an expected market capitalisation at time of listing of about Dh3.0 billion ($817 million). âIâm delighted our IPO saw such strong demand from both local and international investors,â said Alan Williamson, chief executive of Taaleem.
Parent interactions & involvement, teacher appraisals, play facilitation, social development & classroom environment are among the key subjects educators from India & Singapore worked upon during the "Early Childhood Education Curriculum Enhancement & Pedagogy" project. The capacity-building initiative is being organised by the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) & Muktangan Education Trust, a non-profit organisation that mentors municipal schools in Mumbai.
Dubai's leading school operators are set to embark on major teacher recruitment drives Experts project the emirate's population, which crossed 3.5 million in April, will surge to 5.8 million by 2040, bolstered by a fresh wave of post-pandemic immigration. âThere's going to be a huge requirement for teachers in Dubai and what better way of doing so than by growing our own forces from withinâ, said Poonam Bhojani from Innoventures Education.Â
A raft of UAE schools have brought in lessons in blockchain, crypto & other emerging tech fields to prepare them for the job market of the future. High on the the agenda will be making children fully aware of the possibilities & potential pitfalls of the metaverse. The metaverse is envisaged as a new online world where someone with a 3D avatar, a representation of yourself uses a virtual reality headset to go to concerts, work, socialise and access a range of services.
Retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 6.77 per cent in October, down from a five-month high of 7.41 per cent in September, due to weaker food price rises and a strong year-on-year base, government data showed on Monday. Data released by the National Statistics Office showed consumer price-based inflation, or retail inflation, has stubbornly held above the upper band of the RBI's 2-6 per cent target for each month this year.
Cairo: Schools in Saudi Arabia have started shifting to the winter time schedule, that will run for more than 4 months. The shift applies to all public, private & international schools in the kingdom, a system that continues until March 28, according to Ajel. The morning line will now begin at 6.45am and the first class 15 minutes later. The return to the summertime system in schools will happen on April 26, following a holiday.Â
The IPO from Dubai school operator Taaleem, & possibly others will garner a lot of interest from a group that knows their operations well enough â parents who have children at these schools. âI would encourage parents to invest in the IPO, not only can you send your child to a Taaleem school, you can invest in the school and benefit from the returns. We are going to listen to parents as shareholders.â said Alan Williamson, CEO, Taleem Holdings
Dubai Cares recently participated at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, calling for climate change to be integrated in curriculam. The participation of Dubai Cares, in the event was centred on its ongoing efforts to highlight the connection between climate action and education that is also reflective of the inter-connectedness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das in a recent comment said that he expects the Oct inflation (CPI) to come below 7%. Meanwhile, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eased to a 19-month low of 8.39% in October, according to the data released by the government on 14th Nov. The CNBC-TV18 poll sees core inflation dipping below 6% and food inflation is estimated to range between 6.9-7.4%.
The Emirates Schools Establishment (ESE) has launched Taaleem Councils, targeting principals and teachers in public schools. The councils will engage education professionals in decision-making. The move is in response to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Three global educational non-profits â Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) âhave expressed interest in helping to set up Indiaâs first national school-level examination & assessment regulator - PARAKH. Z E N NYOOZ Pg. 2 / Edition VÂ
 Saudi Arabiaâs economy grew an estimated 8.6% in the third quarter compared to this time a year earlier, boosted by the oil sector. The non-oil economy grew 5.6% compared to a year ago, while the oil economy grew 14.5%, according to estimates released by the kingdomâs General Authority for Statistics.Â
Parents in the UAE are among the worldâs biggest spenders when it comes to educating their children, contributing to a glut of private schools. Dubaiâs emergence as a post-Covid haven has drawn expatriates to the emirate, helping prop up demand.
Inflation tops the list of the worldâs biggest worries but thereâs plenty more. Poverty, inequality, corruption & climate change are also major concerns, with a majority believing their country is heading in the wrong direction, Ipsos finds.
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Dubai private school operator Taaleem Holdings PJSC (that runs 26 schools across the UAE), is seeking to raise 750 million dirhams ($204 million) from an IPO, a rare private sector listing in UAE, where deals by state-owned firms have dominated so far this year. Taleem plans to expand its network with proceeds.
With some UAE schools requiring children as young as four-years-old to use a personal tablet, many parents and educators think itâs time for a change.âWe are finding that our daughterâs school is much more tablet-led than we had anticipatedâ said Amelia Andrews, whose six-year-old daughter is in a British curriculum school in Dubai.Â
After introducing the course for Class 6, The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) all set to roll out books from class 7 onwards. The elective course which is jointly developed by CBSE, the Innovation Cell of the Education Ministry & IIT-Bombay, aims to provide students with the tools & exposure to help them address problems using the design thinking process
The authority noted that this decision has been made based on this year's Educational Cost Index (ECI), which came in at -1.01% from the Dubai Statistic Center (DSC). The ECI is a measure of the ongoing costs that schools incur in order to run. For Dubai's Statistics Office, a negative ECI means that running schools has become cheaper over the last 12 months.
EduFund says, education costs have climbed by around 10-12% in India between 2012-20. Aside from tuition fee, transportation fees and examination fees are also hiked periodically which affects parentsâ overall budget. As prices keep on rising year after year, parents wish to be well prepared to support their children's growth, be it their education or health.
GEMS Education is exploring a potential $6 billion stake sale. As potential buyers circle around the UAEâs biggest schools operator GEMS Education, experts are warning that the rules over school fee caps will need urgent clarification (as new buyers could fix higher fees, technically not âraising feesâ) â or GEMS pupils could face fee rises
Several UAE schools are headed for a weeklong mid-term break next week. Some will be off for five days, while others plan to close for only a couple of days, from October 19 to 21. Several Indian schools will also have a longer holiday to mark the festival of Diwali, which falls on October 24
Tuition fees for higher education is the leading concern for 70 percent of parents in the UAE, revealed a survey commissioned by Zurich International Life (Zurich), The survey further revealed that 62% of GCC parents end up utilizing their monthly salary to pay for their child's tuition fees.
Schools have been shortlisted in 10 categories, such as community partnerships, diversity & sustainability. Ajman Academy & Dubai College (also nominated for the Future Pathways Award) have each been shortlisted for the Digital Technology in Learning Award, while The Millennium School has been shortlisted for the Wellbeing award.
In a major relief to the private schools, the Allahabad High Court directed the state government to annually review the reimbursement of fees to be payable to them for imparting free education to children under the Right to Education Act. The court further directed them to fix the quantum of reimbursement based on expense incurred, divided by no. of students
While inflation is putting the heaviest burden on the poorest, the relatively well-off are coming under pressure to make cuts in household budgets not seen in years. This is a reversal of a trend that has swept India over the past 2 decades, as more families in an increasingly prosperous society opted for private education to give their children an advantage in the job market
KHDA tweets âonly smiles remain compulsoryâ after UAE eases COVID restrictions. Effective September 28, face masks are no longer required at private schools, early childhood centres, universities and training institutes in Dubai, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) announced on September 26
âThe biggest relief has been that the fortnightly PCR tests have been scrapped,â said Neshra K.N., whose daughter Fathima Hamda goes to Grade 2 at Delhi Private School in Ras Al Khaimah.
DoodleLearning, gives Discovery Education a key look into the UK market, whilst supercharging its maths and English offerings that âhelp improve studentsâ academic achievement and confidenceâ.
Pupils say, âvirtual learning gives them the time to pursue other interests, such as sports and learning languageâ
"Students can attend live classes and access recorded class sessions and study material in Delhi Model Virtual School. We will also help the students to prepare for competitive exams like JEE and NEET," said Kejriwal, Delhi CM
Latest : As per the UN Human Development report, India's âexpected years of schoolingâ dipped to 11.9 years, & the mean years to 6.7 years compared to â12.2 years in the 2020 report. Meanwhile, between 1990 & 2019, the country's expected years of schooling increased by 4.5 years, and mean years of schooling by 3.5 years. Â
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