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Emirates is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, and a major airline in the Middle East. It is the national airline of Dubai , United Arab Emirates and operates over 1,990 passenger flights per week, [ 40 ] from its hub at Dubai International Airport , to over 101 destinations in 61 countries across 6 continents. [ 41 ]
Sheikh Ahmed has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver, Colorado, USA. The Royal Aeronautical Society honoured his achievements in aviation with a fellowship at the 1994 Farnborough Air Show, UK. In May 2013, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from City University London – Cass Business School.
school groups, surpassed only by Inspired, which since launching the same year, 2013, has bought more than 70 schools worldwide. Spring Education Group, founded in 2012, operates more than 55 schools. Cognita, GEMS and Nord Anglia each control more schools than ISP, but all have been in operation for well over a decade.
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A number of key strategy documents designed by the federal government guide education policy in the emirate, namely the Education 2020 Strategy, the UAE Vision 2021 and the National Strategy for Higher Education 2030. Education is also strongly implicated in plans for other sectors of the economy, such as the Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030, which u...
Part of the KHDA’s vision is to shift the parameters of education in accordance with the current and future labour market. It measures success according to metrics of health, happiness and emotional well-being in addition to academic achievement. In 2017 the KHDA announced a five-year well-being census programme in partnership with the government o...
Education in Dubai is divided between public and private at all levels, from K-12 to postgraduate. In general, the private sector is dominant, with increasing numbers of Emiratis choosing to join expatriates in private education. According to data from the MoE, there were 71 public schools in the Dubai educational zone during the 2017/18 academic y...
Education is free and compulsory for all citizens under the constitution of the UAE, established in 1971. The UAE’s original public education system was designed by the MoE, drawing inspiration from the Egyptian and Kuwaiti curricula while also adding indigenous elements. Public schools in the emirate are segregated by gender and Arabic is the prim...
According to the latest KHDA report on the 2018/19 school year in private education, there were 289,195 students attending 209 schools, with 33,629 Emiratis accounting for just under 12% of the school population. The private school segment in Dubai has been steadily growing in the past decade, leading some analysts to forecast imminent market over-...
While budgets at private schools are set by the schools themselves, the maximum fee increases that such schools are allowed to charge is limited according to the annual Education Cost Index (ECI), which takes into account teaching and administrative salaries, and utility expenses, among other items, as well as the school’s rating by the DSIB, which...
Just as in private secondary education, the last decade has seen major growth in the number of tertiary institutions and students in Dubai. According to the KHDA, between 2008 and 2018 the number of students in higher-level education grew from 12,000 to almost 30,000. In 2019 the emirate was home to 35 higher-education institutions, 26 of which wer...
The most popular field of study at the tertiary level in Dubai is business administration, with 60% of students enrolled in business administration colleges, according to the emirate’s Department of Economic Development. Another 20% will be studying engineering. The percentage of students studying medicine and health disciplines is small, resulting...
In November 2018 the UAE government approved the implementation of a new fiveyear visa for students achieving outstanding levels of performance at either secondary or tertiary level. To qualify, secondary students must graduate with a grade of at least 95%, while university students must graduate with a grade point average of at least 3.75. Eligibi...
While Dubai’s education sector is a more challenging environment for investors than in previous periods, opportunities remain for quality products at well-gauged price points. The K-12 market correction is leading schools to focus on their USP and differentiate themselves from competitors. Being less tied to local demographics, higher education is ...
Feb 19, 2021 · The business model behind the British school brands abroad boom. 0. 9811. 19th February 2021. by Melanie Butler. Benenden School is adding its name to a new venture in China. The news that Benenden School, the English girls’ school in Kent which is the alma mater of Princess Anne, has partnered with a Hong Kong-based education group to open a ...
GEMS Education is one of the oldest and largest Kindergarten to Grade 12 / Year 13 private education providers in the world. As a company founded in the UAE in 1959, we hold an unparalleled track record of providing diverse curricula and educational choices to all socio-economic means, and we have schools in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
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The Emirates Group is composed of airport services provider DNATA (the Dubai National Air Transport Association) and Emirates Airlines. Owned by the government of Dubai and based at the busiest airport in the Middle East, Emirates has flourished under the sheikdom's 'wide open skies' policy, in spite of the restrictions placed on it by other countries.
