UAE committed to strong government schools, says Sheikh Abdullah – The National

UAE committed to strong government schools, says Sheikh Abdullah – The National

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, has urged Emiratis to send their children to government schools.

In an address to this week's two-day government meeting of 500 senior officials, he expressed his full confidence in the quality of the UAE education system and revealed that he sends his children to a public school.

“It may be a hard question, but how many of you are ready to send your children to government schools today?” Sheikh Abdullah said in his speech in Arabic.