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Dubai’s personal faculties sector recorded the best ever improve in pupil enrolment within the 2023-24 tutorial 12 months.
For the primary time, the enrolment progress fee entered double digits at 12 per cent, or greater than 39,000 extra college students, in comparison with this time final 12 months.
It’s additionally the best improve because the institution of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in 2007.
Credited for this progress is the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), which goals to double the scale of Dubai’s economic system within the subsequent decade and place it as one of many world’s prime world cities.
Dubai at the moment has 220 personal faculties that cater to greater than 365,000 pupils.
These faculties supply 17 totally different curricula to college students from over 180 totally different nationalities.
More than three-quarters of scholars obtain an training that’s rated Good or higher by the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau.
Dr. Abdulla Al Karam, Director General of KHDA, stated: “Our city is not just experiencing growth; it is creating growth. An ambitious city is a magnet for ambitious people, and Dubai continues to welcome a record number of families and teachers each year.”
“Schools in Dubai prioritise quality, wellbeing and inclusion, while offering diversity in their curricula, locations and demographics. This combination offers teachers unforgettable career experiences and promises parents that their children will receive an education unlike any other in the world,” he added.