Education In UAE

Question 1

Kutab or mutawa’ taught what?

Answer 1

Arabic and Quran

Question 2

Semi structured schools taught what?

Answer 2

Arabic, math and Quran

Ex: almahmoudiyah Sharjah

Question 3

Structured education under which curriculum?

Answer 3

Kuwaiti

Sharjah, RAK, Dubai then Ajman first schools

Question 4

Who supported UAE for schools after Kuwait?

Answer 4

Egypt then Qatar and finally Bahrain

Question 5

Which curriculum was followed?

Answer 5

Kuwait in Dubai
Jordanian and Bahraini in Abu Dhabi

Question 6

After union education?

Answer 6

Primary, secondary, associate, higher diploma, bachelor, Masters and doctorate

Question 7

Basic education - public and private?

Answer 7

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)

Question 8

Language of instruction?

Answer 8

English and Arabic

Question 9

Where do Emirati students tend to study for higher education?

Answer 9

USA and UK

Question 10

Who must send secondary education docs?

Answer 10

Ministry of education

Question 11

Who send higher education docs?

Answer 11

Institution

For doctorate - written statement confirming degree awarded by institution

Question 12

Private schools and K-12 system:

Answer 12

High enrolment compared to other countries
7% annual growth in enrolment
90% students study in private

Question 13

Total students:

Answer 13

From 40k to 100K

Question 14

Total teachers:

Answer 14

2k to 72K

Question 15

Total schools:

Answer 15

129 to 1K

Question 16

Private education v government education students:

Answer 16

Private has grown more rapidly in recent years then gov education with regard to students

300K public students (26%) v 800K private students (74%)

Question 17

Teachers in private v public:

Answer 17

50K - 71% v 21K - 29%

Question 18

Schools private v public:

Answer 18

643 (51%) v 619 (49%)

Question 19

Public v private students over the years:

Answer 19

179K (72%) v 277 K (27%)- public before v now
70K (28%) v 760 K (73%)- private before v now

Question 20

Public v private - Emirati v expat:

Answer 20

Public - 81% Emirati - 19% expat
Private - 17% Emirati - 83% expat - now, more Emirati prefer private

Question 21

Education spending:

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Higher education types:

Answer 22

Public
Private
Transnational education

Question 23

Higher education institutions over the years:

Answer 23

54 in 2010 to 81 in 2019

Question 24

Students in higher education:

Answer 24

100K in 2011 to 200k in 2016

Question 25

Degree types students:

Answer 25

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

Question 27

Higher education gender of students

Answer 27

53% males - 100K 47% female - 89K

Question 28

Major types:

Answer 28

More business, admi or law and engineering Least services, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and vet

Question 29

International degree-seeking students?

Answer 29

From 49 K to 77K AUS has most foreign students

Question 30

Outbound degree seeking students :

Answer 30

8K to 11K 7.1 % go abroad

Question 31

Most popular destination countries for degree seeking Emirati ?

Answer 31

USA and UK (27.5% and 30%) India - 13%

Question 32

Literacy rate:

Answer 32

32% among women and 57% for men to above 90% for both in 2005 97% for women - above 86% for global avg

Question 33

Ministry of Education:

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Quality assurance agency for higher education: (CAA)

Answer 34

Tasked with licensing non federal higher education institutes and accredited study programs at non federal public and private institutes

Question 35

Quality assurance in technical and vocational education and training (TVET):

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Public higher education institutions:

Answer 36

Federal institutions: UAE university, Zayed university and Higher colleges of technology

Question 37

Higher colleges of technology

Answer 37

Largest higher education institute with 17 colleges across uae Nine for woman and 8 for men - only Emirati 60% female

Question 38

UAE university:

Answer 38

Best in research All diff education levels for degrees

Question 39

Zayed university:

Answer 39

2 campuses Originally female uni Boys and international allowed now Bachelor and master programs but no PhD

Question 40

Other institutes founded by local government:

Answer 40

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)

Question 41

Private higher education institutes:

Answer 41

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

Question 42

Transnational education:

Answer 42

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