The private schools in Dubai have been directed against increasing fees in 2022-23.
Authorities have announced that Dubai’s private schools will not be eligible for any fee increase for the 2022-23 academic year.
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The latest Education Cost Index (ECI) which measures annual changes in the costs of running a school, including salaries, rent and utilities was set at -1.01 per cent this year and the index is calculated by the Dubai Statistics Centre.
Mohammed Darwish, CEO of Regulations and Permits Commission at Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KDHA), said Dubai’s private schools continue to demonstrate strong growth and resilience, driven by the trust and confidence of families.
Enrolment at Dubai’s private schools increased by 5.8 per cent since February 2021 and around 21 new schools have opened in Dubai over the past three years, taking the total to 215.
According to the UAE Government website, private schools in Dubai are allowed to increase fees based on results of KHDA inspections and the ECI and for the 2018-2019 academic year, the Dubai government had imposed a fee freeze on all private schools to help ease the financial burden on parents. The next year (2019-2020), schools were allowed to increase fees by a maximum of 4.14 per cent and since then, fees have remained steady.
