Dubai’s Robust Education Sector Aided By Early Technology Adoption

  • Date: 11-Apr-2020
  • Source: Dubai Chronicle
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:UAE
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Dubai’s Robust Education Sector Aided By Early Technology Adoption

As of 2019/2020, there are 208 private schools in Dubai with 295,148 students enrolled. During academic year 2019/2020, schools offering UK curriculum accounted for 41%, followed by American curriculum with 18% and Indian curriculum with 16%. Average student/teacher ratio (STR) for all private schools in Dubai was 14.5 students per teacher compared to the global average STR of 23 for primary schools and 17 for secondary schools. As of 2019/2020, there are 208 private schools in Dubai with 295,148 students enroled.. According to the World Bank, the global average STR for primary schools is 23 students per teacher whilst for secondary schools it is 17 students per teacher.. On the first day back to learning on March 22, over 1.2 million school and university students across the country joined their virtual classrooms..