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			<title>35% say Arabic, Islamic studies key for UAE schools</title>
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			<title>Private schools lose top ranking over lack of Arabic classes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some leading Dubai schools downgraded for not improving Arabic and Islamic studies.]]></description>
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			<title>19 failing Dubai schools left out of inspections</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Education chiefs say struggling schools need to take action to improve standards.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai schools will need permit to operate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some 700 schools and colleges will need permit under scheme to improve standards.]]></description>
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			<title>20 Dubai schools still failing to make the grade</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Inspectors upgrade just two of 22 failing schools in emirate following new checks.]]></description>
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			<title>RERA plans rental index for schools</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Joint initiative with education chiefs aims to prevent unjustified hikes in school fees in Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Rise in school enrolment 'disproves expat exodus'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DIFC head says 2% rise in South Asian school enrolment shows expat exodus theory 'empty'.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi to inspect all schools to assess quality</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Move follows inspections in Dubai that unearthed poor quality teaching and physical abuse. ]]></description>
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			<title>One in three plan to send kids home for education</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business poll reveals 53% think Gulf schools poor quality, expensive.]]></description>
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			<title>Physical abuse still goes on in Dubai schools - report </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[School inspectors reveal abuse still used in some schools to discipline students.     ]]></description>
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			<title>More than half Dubai's schools just 'acceptable'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[School inspections class one in eight as 'unsatisfactory' and none 'outstanding'. ]]></description>
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			<title>90% of parents happy with children's education - survey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Knowledge and Human Development Authority poll reveals widespread satisfaction.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai to toughen licensing of education providers </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gov't departments pledge to close licensing loopholes in bid to raise education standards.]]></description>
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			<title>One in 11 Dubai schools rated unsatisfactory</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Six out of 69 school fail inspection test, while four rated excellent in KHDA checks.]]></description>
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			<title>Ban 'unsatisfactory' schools from fee hikes - poll</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai plan to link fees hikes to performance supported, but not for poor performers.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai schools pass inspections with flying colours</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Survey shows only six deemed unsatisfactory in first phase of gov't inspections.]]></description>
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			<title>Taste test</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The release of the 2007 TIMSS results is making countries take stock of their educational progress over the last four years.]]></description>
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			<title>School freeze</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As private schools struggle to keep up with inflation, will caps on tuition fees put quality education on ice?]]></description>
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			<title>Pilot light</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai's first sustainable schools trial is under way – but are schools ready for the change? ]]></description>
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			<title>Mad science</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Governments in the region have taken a strong stance on sustainability, but without demand from the private sector, would universities be crazy to offer environmental science?  ]]></description>
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			<title>Going for green</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  KHDA reveals its plans to build the Middle  East's first LEED-accredited schools.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Open for inspection</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From next month, schools in Dubai will have to answer to a new government bureau designed to ensure quality in education, proving the sector has finally come of age.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Waiting for non-existent nurseries</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A dearth of nursery places across Dubai and Abu Dhabi has forced desperate parents to go on waiting lists for nurseries that are not yet built.  ]]></description>
			<category>Education | News</category>
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			<title>Quality control</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=531079&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Having worked for the Ministry of Higher Education for many years, I'm very familiar with the federal government's plans and challenges.]]></description>
			<category>Education | Comment</category>
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			<title>People power</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=531091&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Abdulla Al Karam says that reforms should focus on developing human capital, not just infrastructure.]]></description>
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