Knowledge and Human Development Authority

Some leading Dubai schools downgraded for not improving Arabic and Islamic studies.

Some 700 schools and colleges will need permit under scheme to improve standards.

Joint initiative with education chiefs aims to prevent unjustified hikes in school fees in Dubai.

Move follows inspections in Dubai that unearthed poor quality teaching and physical abuse.

School inspectors reveal abuse still used in some schools to discipline students.    

Knowledge and Human Development Authority poll reveals widespread satisfaction.

Six out of 69 school fail inspection test, while four rated excellent in KHDA checks.

Survey shows only six deemed unsatisfactory in first phase of gov't inspections.

As private schools struggle to keep up with inflation, will caps on tuition fees put quality education on ice?

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?

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.

Having worked for the Ministry of Higher Education for many years, I'm very familiar with the federal government's plans and challenges.