UAE set for Brit education influx

The next five years will see a boom in the number of UK-based educational institutions setting up in the UAE, according to a Dubai-based British business expert.

Predicting an impending surge of UK educational institutions to the region, Nick Dutt, chairman of the British Business Group (BBG) for Dubai and the Northern Emirates, told Arabian Business: “British education is still regarded very highly around the world and we’ve got a lot of universities coming here now. There are also the vocational trades and we are heavily involved in various areas of the financial services sector.

“There are areas that we can certainly assist Dubai with to give it credibility.London is the number one financial centre in the world [so] we can bring some of the knowledge to help establish centres here,” he added.

With 85% of children in Dubai attending private schools, the emirate’s education industry is becoming an increasingly lucrative market. With 65 schools and 65,000 students worldwide, Global Educational Management Systems (GEMS) is one of the major players in the sector and has 16 schools in the UAE alone.

Established in 1987, the BBG, that has 850 members representing 550 companies in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, is targeting 1000 members by April of this year. Working closely with the British embassy in Dubai, the group focuses on furthering British business in this region and creating better trade links between the UK and the UAE.

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Posted by geeta gomes, Dubai, UAE on 26 February 2007 at 09:13 UAE time


I agree to the statement "education industry is becoming an increasingly lucrative market". Rise is school fees & rents fears the parents and is disturbing. Education should not be thought of as business but poviding quality service to mankind at norminal price.

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