The UAE offers a fully-fledged educational system for both boys and
girls from primary level to university, with education for the country's
citizens being provided free through government schools, colleges and
universities. Being the most populous emirate of United Arab Emirates,
Dubai has come a long way to be the centre of excellence in providing
high-standard education at all levels to both the Emiratis and its
expatriate population. To meet the needs of upgraded education system
the policy makers of Dubai reformed their rules and invested
continuously in the education infrastructure that has shown clear
advancement in the recent decades. The Dubai Education Council under the
Ministry of Education, United Arab Emirate, was established for the
development and management of new schools, colleges and other
educational institutes in Dubai. In most of the private schools the
medium of instructions is English while in public schools Arabic
language is used as primary medium for instructions while using English
as a second language.
Primary Education in Dubai
In Dubai there are number of Private and Public schools serving to the Emiratis and expatriates as well. The primary schools in Dubai teach in various foreign curriculum like British National Curriculum , French Education system and the Indian Educational curriculum as well. In most of the schools in Dubai the educational session starts generally in the month of April while in some British schools in Dubai it begins in the month of September. In some cases entrance tests are also conducted in order to get admission to private schools. While most of the private schools in Dubai use English as their medium of instructions, there are some schools which teach in other foreign languages like French, Hindi and Russian also. The primary education system in Dubai constitutes of six years of education with an age limit from 6-12 years. Dubai English Speaking School, Jumeirah Primary School, Jebel Ali Primary School, Jumeirah English Speaking School, King's School, Delhi Public School, Dubai Modern High School and The Indian High School, Dubai are some of the schools in Dubai which offer education based on English and Indian syllabus.
Secondary Education in Dubai
Dubai city has various international schools from countries like USA (United States of America), UK, Pakistan, and India, that offer 11-18 years and K-12 (sum of primary and secondary education) with GCSE, IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) and CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) curriculum. For the development of education sector in Dubai, Dubai Education Council was set up in 2005 and the Ministry of Education of the UAE provides accreditation to the schools. Dubai British School, Dubai College, English College Dubai, Jumeirah English Speaking School and St. Mary's Catholic High are the leading names in the list of secondary schools in Dubai.
Higher Education- Colleges and Universities in Dubai
The Higher Education in Dubai has showcased remarkable growth in past decade and is all set to expand it further with its intensive plans in the near future as well. Dubai houses a number of educational institutes offering various post-graduate, masters and PhD programmes. These educational institutes comprises of public and private universities and colleges. The list of reputed colleges in Dubai for the management and technology education includes SP Jain Center of Management, XLRI Dubai Campus for Management, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Heriot-Watt University, Middlesex University and Mahama Gandhi University, Manipal University, British University of Dubai and Zayed University. In the recent years, Dubai based educational institutes have joined hands with the reputed centres of education in the Western countries like United States of America and UK (Britian) for setting-up educational campuses in Dubai.
