First Chinese national curriculum school to be established overseas set to open in Dubai – Gulf Today

First Chinese national curriculum school to be established overseas set to open in Dubai – Gulf Today

Officials pose with a photograph of the school building.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

 

The first Chinese national curriculum school to offer full-time K-12 education outside China is set to open in Dubai this September.

 

The Chinese School Dubai, mainly focused on serving the Chinese community in the emirate, will create an additional 2,000 seats in the private education sector once it is fully operational.

 

Apart from an enriched Chinese national curriculum, students will be offered Arabic as second language, Islamic studies, moral education and UAE studies based on the UAE national curriculum. In addition to Chinese students, the school will also accept foreign students.

Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) was given a tour of the school's state-of-the-art facilities along with Li Xuhang, Consul General, Consulate-General of The People's Republic of China in Dubai; Liping Yin, Principal of the Chinese School Dubai; and other Chinese dignitaries.

Al Karam said: "China and the UAE have had a close long-standing friendship, and there's no better symbol for that friendship than a school. The Chinese School Dubai will be the heart of the Chinese community in Dubai and foster a rich exchange of teaching