Parent Shock: School Raises Fees – And Backdates Bill
Parents at the Indian curriculum Our Own English High School Sharjah have been surprised to learn that the school is not only increasing its fees, but also backdating the start date.... Read On
School News / School Fees
ADEC Announces: No More 2016/17 Fee Increases
The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has announced a ban on any further school fee increases for this academic year, (2016/17), and says it will impose fines for any... Read On
The Price of Education? 1,338,562 AED
A WhichSchoolAdvisor.com study has found that some Dubai parents will spend as much as 1.3 million AED to educate their child. If that sounds worrying, those coming to the UAE post... Read On
School Fees Biggest Concern For Almost Half Of UAE Parents
A recent survey commissioned by National Bonds found that almost half of respondents (45 percent) said school fees were their biggest financial concern. Go here for a complete list of... Read On
51 Abu Dhabi Schools Prepare to Raise Fees
School fee increases have been approved for 51 private Abu Dhabi schools for the 2016-2017 academic year. 39 schools were denied permission to increase fees. Abu Dhabi currently has 186... Read On
ADEC 2015/16 Inspection Results: The Fees
As ADEC releases the final batch of 2015/16 inspection reports this week, bringing the total number of schools inspected this cycle to 83, WhichSchoolAdvisor.com took a look at the correlation... Read On
New Fee Woes For Pakistani Schools
The Pakistan Association of Dubai (PAD) announced today that is has paid over AED 1 million towards unpaid school fees already this year. The group says it is currently assisting... Read On
School Fees: Is There Any Relationship Between Rating and How Much You’ll Pay?
The UK/IB dual curriculum schools are the most expensive in the UAE on average. Note, i/GCSE will be offered until 16, the IB Diploma is offered for post 16... Read On
Dubai Schools Fees To Increase By Up To 6.4 percent
The Dubai Statistics Centre has announced a new Education Cost Index (ECI) which will allow private schools in Dubai to increase fees for the 2016/17 new academic year. The... Read On
Abu Dhabi Parents Choose US Curriculum
ADEC has announced that the highest growth in student enrollment is in the US curriculum, with a compound annual growth rate of 16 percent. According to ADEC’s newly released... Read On
KHDA Reiterates No School Fee Tampering
Yesterday, the KHDA, Dubai’s education regulator, released a statement reiterating its commitment to monitoring and penalising any schools which are found tampering with their fee structure. Mohammed Darwish,... Read On
1 in 10 spending 52,000 AED on Extra Tuition
With school fees in the UAE breaking the 100,000 AED barrier for the first time in 2015, perhaps it is no surprise that sums being spent on extra-curricular tuition... Read On
Focus on fees, not facilities parents tell educators
Parents responding to a WhichSchoolAdvisor.com poll said they would prefer to see UAE schools reduce their fees, rather than invest in better facilities, spend more on support and after... Read On
Expat Package Exacerbating Income Divide – 2015 Survey
In 2013, we declared the expat package on its last legs. In 2015 we can say it is proving remarkably resilient, and still very much here – for a... Read On
How Much of Your Income Goes on Schooling? – 2015 Survey
What percentage of someone’s household income should be spent on education? In truth, this is almost an impossible question to answer. This is partly because 15% of a household... Read On
Brace for School Fee Rises – KHDA, ECI
The Dubai Statistics Centre has announced the Education Cost Index as 2.92%, giving schools the right to raise their fees by as much as twice that, according to a... Read On
UAE tops GCC for School Fees
Well, it’s official. In the GCC at least, the most expensive school you will find will be in the UAE, or more accurately Dubai. While many parents in the... Read On
UAE’s Schools- The Hidden Costs
We all know school fees are pretty significant here in the UAE, and as many parents know, it doesn’t stop there. Extra-curricular activities, uniforms, photos and trips all add... Read On
Fee Issues Top Parent Complaints For Second Year
According to Emirates 24/7, school fees are still top of parent complaints for the second year, with the KHDA registering 167 complaints, so far in 2014. Figures released earlier... Read On
