The role of the Arab world in global science is only set to boom
Dubai education
Saudi visa update; UAE petrol prices; Dubai announces real estate strategy; GCC airport upgrades; New schools plan – 10 things you missed this week
Saudi visa update, UAE petrol prices, Dubai real estate strategy, GCC airport upgrades and more of the top news stories this week
Dubai announces education strategy: 49,000 new affordable school places, ten-fold education tourism increase, plan to woo international universities
KHDA shares details of Dubai Education 33 strategy as the emirate aims to become a top 10 global city for learning
Dubai National University: Sheikh Mohammed announces $1.2bn education project, sets target to enter top 200 student destinations
Dubai has announced plans for a new $1.2bn university and become a global education hub
Sheikh Hamdan announces $300m Dubai scholarship scheme to support top students
Dubai will support 100 outstanding students with prestigious Hamdan bin Mohammed Academic Scholarship Programme
School of life
Sunny Varkey’s GEMS Education has grown from a single school in Dubai to a multibillion-dollar education empire and an iconic global education brand born in the UAE. It has also helped him create one of the world’s most prolific philanthropic organisations. In his first interview for a decade, the world’s most famous educator looks back on his remarkable career, and what the future holds
Revealed: 10 of the most expensive schools in Dubai
As of 2019, there are 209 private schools in Dubai, according to education portal Edarabia
GEMS Education for sale: Five fast facts about founder Sunny Varkey
Get to know the Founder and Chairman of the GEMS Education Group which operates over 60 schools, serving in excess of 130,000 students
GEMS Education for sale: Who is Sunny Varkey?
An entrepreneur in the education industry, Varkey has been in the UAE for over six decades and owns a network of over 80 schools worldwide
GEMS Education for sale: Could new owners raise school fees?
Fees are capped, but uncertainty over whether new owners can make changes
GEMS Education for sale: Who are the likely buyers
Founder Sunny Varkey looking to sell stake
Dubai’s GEMS Education could be up for sale at $6 billion valuation
Founder Sunny Varkey and CVC Capital consider offering IPOs as a potential sale option
Dubai ranked as the best student city in the Middle East
International students make up more than 85 percent of the student body at Dubai universities
Why should the UAE’s education sector care about the metaverse?
The UAE’s position as a global centre of innovation and technology well positions it to take advantage of Web 3.0 technologies
Ten new schools set to open in Dubai amid rising demand, says KHDA
Knowledge and Human Development Authority says new schools will include the first to follow the Australian curriculum
No Dubai school fee increase for 2021-22, says KHDA
Knowledge and Human Development Authority says decision is based on the approved education cost index issued by the Dubai Statistics Centre
Dubai crown prince launches new affordable school system for Emiratis
Sheikh Hamdan unveils Dubai Schools project which will open its first two schools in Mirdif and Al Barsha in the 2021-22 academic year