Freeze on private school fees is a welcome gesture Filed on March 15, 2021
It will give households some relief at a time when the pandemic has strained financial budgets.
The foundation of a society and its future rest on the quality of education its children receive at the school and university levels. Schools, arguably, are the engines of social change, equipping children with the power of knowledge and learning to be able to climb the scales of social mobility on their own. But what is often a stumbling block for parents and students alike is access to good education, preferably for free or at an affordable price. Dearth of public or government-funded schools often push parents towards the private ones. In Dubai, for instance, a majority of its over 250,000-strong student population attends private schools, despite high tuition fees. A number of reports have pointed out this, the latest one being the 2019 survey by Dubai-based Education Intelligence Group. It noted th