Abu Dhabi offers free education to students financially hit by virus

Abu Dhabi offers free education to students financially hit by virus

Abu Dhabi offers free education to students financially hit by virus

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The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (Adek) has welcomed 579 students from 15 different nationalities into the pilot phase of its first Virtual Charter School, a visionary new education option for Abu Dhabi-based expatriate students from lower-income families who were financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Designed to provide quality education free-of-charge to students forced to leave private schools when their parents could no longer afford the fees, the Abu Dhabi Virtual Charter School was launched in October 2020 and currently follows the Ministry of Education (MoE) private school curriculum with potential expansion plans for wider curriculum diversity based on identified needs.

Offering a hybrid learning experience, the new Virtual Charter School is operated by Edurizon Education Services, a subsidiary of AlephYa Education, the pan-regional education investment company focused on delivering affordable and high-quality education across the GCC. Oversight, management and regulatory guidance are delivered by Adek's Education Partnerships Sector, which is also responsible for the emirate's successful Charter School model, the third educational model anchored in student centricity.

With the Virtual Charter School catering for students from Grades 5 to 11