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As schools reopen after the summer break, one question in every parents’ mind is whether the schools are ready to fight the pandemic and keep their children safe as the number of cases in the UAE have started shooting up.
GEMS Education
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In pictures: GEMS Education students and teachers delighted to be reunited on first day of new term
After almost six months, schools in the UAE were today finally able to reopen their doors and welcome students back for the first day of the new academic term
Dubai school fees
GEMS Education threatens to deactivate e-learning over non-payment of fees
Dubai-based operator has also warned it won’t provide transfer certificate or final report card and students may have to repeat the year
digital learning
Video: UAE’s education continues remotely, says GEMS Education CEO
As schools have been suspended in the UAE amid the coronavirus outbreak, Dino Varkey, CEO at GEMS Education says UAE’s education continues remotely and students are receiving online sessions.
Dino Varkey
Gallery: 4th annual Mariamma Varkey Award 2019
A red-carpet ceremony was held at GEMS World Academy in Dubai on 3 October 2019 and was attended by the senior leadership team of GEMS Education.
Annual Varkey Global Teacher Prize
GEMS Education’s Sunny Varkey meets Trump at the White House
Dubai-based education provider is part of a tour with Global Teacher Prize winner Peter Tabichi.
Fujairah
GEMS Education withdraws from Fujairah school due to dispute
Dubai-based education firm says it has been forced to withdraw from Our Own English High School amid ongoing dispute with landlord
Al Warqa
15 students injured in Dubai school bus accident
The bus was travelling to Our English High School Al Warqa
Dino Varkey
GEMS Education hires more than 1,800 teachers for new academic year
New recruits attended the GEMS Awareness day where they were welcomed by GEMS Education founder and chairman Sunny Varkey
Dr Mohamed Al-Arfaj
GEMS Education JV completes $800m deal for Saudi schools operator
GEMS Education KSA plans to build a network of new schools for 130,000 students across the kingdom
GCSE exams
How GEMS Education pupils fared in their GCSE exams
GEMS schools hosted a record 2,800 students who sat over 17,700 IGSCE/GCSE examinations in the UAE
Catherine Whitaker
Top British school Eton College touts Gulf ‘soft skills’ courses
EtonX currently has around 20 GCC-based schools on its books for the start of the academic year in September 2019
Blackstone
Consortium completes exit from GEMS Education investments
Sale completed of around 30% stake in Dubai education giant to consortium led by CVC Capital Partners
CVC Capital Partners
GEMS granted ‘B’ rating by S&P, with a stable outlook
S&P rating comes as it is said to meet banks to discuss refinancing plan worth $1.65bn
CVC Capital Partners
Consortium agrees to buy 30% stake in Dubai’s GEMS Education
Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners have led a consortium to acquire minority stake in Dubai education provider
Fujairah
UAE school tells teachers it can’t pay July salaries
Our Own English High School in Fujairah has been in a legal dispute with the school’s landlord since March 2018
GEMS Cambridge International Private School
Annual fees from $5,440 for new Sharjah GEMS school
GEMS Cambridge International Private School set to open in September for 1,600 pupils
