Education In UAE Flashcards
Kutab or mutawa’ taught what?
Arabic and Quran
Semi structured schools taught what?
Arabic, math and Quran
Ex: almahmoudiyah Sharjah
Structured education under which curriculum?
Kuwaiti
Sharjah, RAK, Dubai then Ajman first schools
Who supported UAE for schools after Kuwait?
Egypt then Qatar and finally Bahrain
Which curriculum was followed?
Kuwait in Dubai
Jordanian and Bahraini in Abu Dhabi
After union education?
Primary, secondary, associate, higher diploma, bachelor, Masters and doctorate
Basic education - public and private?
Kindergarten - Kg 1 and 2 (4-5 years old)
Primary school - grade 1-6 (6-11 years old)
Preparatory stage - grade 7-9 (12-14 years)
Secondary school - grade 9-12 (15-17 years old)
Language of instruction?
English and Arabic
Where do Emirati students tend to study for higher education?
USA and UK
Who must send secondary education docs?
Ministry of education
Who send higher education docs?
Institution
For doctorate - written statement confirming degree awarded by institution
Private schools and K-12 system:
High enrolment compared to other countries
7% annual growth in enrolment
90% students study in private
Total students:
From 40k to 100K
Total teachers:
2k to 72K
Total schools:
129 to 1K
Private education v government education students:
Private has grown more rapidly in recent years then gov education with regard to students
300K public students (26%) v 800K private students (74%)
Teachers in private v public:
50K - 71% v 21K - 29%
Schools private v public:
643 (51%) v 619 (49%)
Public v private students over the years:
179K (72%) v 277 K (27%)- public before v now
70K (28%) v 760 K (73%)- private before v now
Public v private - Emirati v expat:
Public - 81% Emirati - 19% expat
Private - 17% Emirati - 83% expat - now, more Emirati prefer private
Education spending:
1.6% GDP on education
Still, due to small number of Emirati students
Spends more on education than all over gulf countries other than Saudi
10.2 billion on education
Public finances are strained by high number of students
Despite this, PISA scores are low
Research output in Emirati universities is low
Level of proficiency in subject is low
Higher education types:
Public
Private
Transnational education
Higher education institutions over the years:
54 in 2010 to 81 in 2019
Students in higher education:
100K in 2011 to 200k in 2016
Degree types students:
Type - gen edu students - private stebts - total
Tertiary - 900 - 7K - 8K
Bachelor - 50K - 104K - 154 K
Masters - 1K - 26K - 27K
PHD - 201 - 1K - 1.4 K
Total - 50k - 140K - 192K
Higher education gender of students
53% males - 100K
47% female - 89K
Major types:
More business, admi or law and engineering
Least services, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and vet
International degree-seeking students?
From 49 K to 77K
AUS has most foreign students
Outbound degree seeking students :
8K to 11K
7.1 % go abroad
Most popular destination countries for degree seeking Emirati ?
USA and UK (27.5% and 30%)
India - 13%
Literacy rate:
32% among women and 57% for men to above 90% for both in 2005
97% for women - above 86% for global avg
Ministry of Education:
Develop policies for higher education and research
Licenses higher education institutes and regulates federal public institutes - MOE funds them
Each emirate can have their own authority and institutions
Quality assurance agency for higher education: (CAA)
Tasked with licensing non federal higher education institutes and accredited study programs at non federal public and private institutes
Quality assurance in technical and vocational education and training (TVET):
Federal vocational education and training awards council in charge of it
KHDA and Abu Dhabi centre for vocational and technical education and training also authorised to regulated TVET within jurisdictions
Public higher education institutions:
Federal institutions: UAE university, Zayed university and Higher colleges of technology
Higher colleges of technology
Largest higher education institute with 17 colleges across uae
Nine for woman and 8 for men - only Emirati
60% female
UAE university:
Best in research
All diff education levels for degrees
Zayed university:
2 campuses
Originally female uni
Boys and international allowed now
Bachelor and master programs but no PhD
Other institutes founded by local government:
British university in Dubai
Al qasimia uni
Khalifa uni of science and tech ( merge of khalifa uni with petroleum institute and masdar institute of science and tech)
Private higher education institutes:
Privately owned abs for profit
70% in Abu Dhabi and Dubai - free zones
Much more enrolment here
70% students in private
37.5% are Emirati but growing
Transnational education:
Foreign branch campuses
Dubai international academic city and knowledge park
University of Wollongong
British university of Birmingham
New York institute of tech
Herriot watt
Middle sex etc
