Raising the Quality of Arabic and Islamic Education in UAE Schools
Raising the Quality of Arabic and Islamic Education in UAE Schools A Qualitative Analysis of School Inspection Reports Introduction “Education is a fundamental element for the development of a nation and the best investment in its youth.” UAE Vision 2021 K-12 Education in the UAE In a previous whitepaper about Outstanding Schools we started by pointing out the remarkable achievements of the education system of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 1950 when there were only a few schools in the country, reserved for male students, through the 1960s and 1970s when a school building program was put in place to expand the education system. In 2006-2007, approximately 650,000 students were enrolled at 1,256 public and private schools. About 60% of all students attend public schools. This percentage is changing in favor of the private schools in recent years and the counts are increasing. We also wrote extensively about the quality assurance tools used by the departments of education in the Emirates to inspect the schools and to make sure they are matching national and international standards. To regulate and monitor the progress and assure the quality The number of student seats in the private sector was recorded of the UAE educational system, regulatory bodies were at over 269,700 in 2013, which is created. President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan expected to increase to 315,500 in 2017, recording a CAGR of established the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), an 5.5%, to reach a total of 360,000 seats by 2020, in accordance independent Abu Dhabi-based corporate body, in 2005 to with the strategy set by KHDA.
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