‘Dubai Schools’ mission will get AED 530 million increase

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, has accepted the growth of the ‘Dubai Schools’ mission with a price range of AED 530 million.

As a part of the mission, a brand new faculty is being established in Al Khawaneej, whereas the Al Barsha department is at the moment present process growth.

The growth plan will contribute to including over 6,400 seats, 295 school rooms and 123 laboratories and specialised school rooms. It will even elevate the full variety of seats supplied by ‘Dubai Schools’ to fifteen,000 by 2033.

The initiative is aligned with the objectives of the ‘Dubai Social Agenda 33’, which seeks to boost the standard of schooling in Dubai and place it among the many world’s high 10 cities.

Launched in March 2021, the ‘Dubai Schools’ mission goals to offer an revolutionary Emirati education system that provides high-quality schooling rooted in nationwide values, and at an reasonably priced value.

“The new initiative to expand the ‘Dubai Schools’ project will contribute to ensuring that the emirate’s school offerings meet and even exceed global benchmarks of educational excellence,” stated Sheikh Hamdan.

As a part of the Dubai Social Agenda 33, we’re increasing the ‘Dubai Schools’ mission with a price range of AED530 million to lift the full variety of seats to fifteen,000 by 2033. We proceed to prioritise investments within the schooling sector, since it’s a important driver of nationwide… pic.twitter.com/wGCaB3Cnfe

— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) January 30, 2024

Innovative Emirati Schooling System

The Al Khawaneej and Al Barsha faculties are direct outcomes of the ‘Dubai Schools’ mission. In its inaugural educational yr, the mission welcomed 1,205 college students, then elevated its capability to 1,965 by the second yr.

By the tutorial yr 2023/2024, the variety of enrolled college students reached 2,580. The faculties have a various scholar physique, with illustration from 38 totally different nationalities.

International Standards

The new faculty in Al Khawaneej, spanning 446,720 sq.ft., is designed to accommodate 4,028 college students starting from kindergarten to grade 12.

The state-of-the-art establishment is being inbuilt accordance with worldwide requirements, providing 149 school rooms and 71 laboratories and specialised school rooms outfitted with cutting-edge applied sciences.

The faculty will function an array of facilities, together with three indoor swimming pools, indoor sports activities halls, devoted sports activities corridor for early years, a soccer pitch and 5 outside courts. It will even home an 11,800 sq.ft. library, enhancing the general studying surroundings.

The growth of the Al Barsha department will improve its capability by including 2,408 seats via 98 new school rooms, leading to a complete capability of three,520 college students upon completion.

The mission will function two indoor swimming pools, together with a semi-Olympic pool, together with a soccer pitch designed in accordance with worldwide requirements.

Additionally, the growth will embody two sports activities halls, seven outside courts, a library spanning 6,800 sq.ft. and 52 laboratories and specialised school rooms.

The Knowledge Fund Establishment and Dubai Municipality introduced that the initiatives have achieved a 50 per cent completion charge, with each anticipated to be prepared for the 2024/2025 educational yr.