An education project is designed to offer educational opportunities to inmates in Ras Al Khaimah. One of the first developments is a library, stocked with nearly 2,000 books in nine languages.
UAE higher education needs to offer tertiary degrees in Arabic to give students an alternative to learning in English, the head of the Common Educational Proficiency Assessment (Cepa) said last week. This topic was raised during a forum to discuss the shortcomings in UAE school curricula vis-a-vis preparing students for university education in English.
The head of the high-school exam board Cepa said 88 percent of students graduate with inadequate English to cope at university.
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Emirati men continue to shun higher education due to bad experiences at school and the ready availability of government jobs, research shows. The education and career of his father is also a major influence on a man's choices, according to a study by the Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, jointly funded by the Emirates Foundation.
Better teachers and opportunities for its people are necessary for the emirate to develop, according to its Ruler, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr.
The "least-visited facilities" in Abu Dhabi's government schools are being converted into Learning Resource Centres.
A smaller and less affluent emirate is staking out its own research role and aims to address topics of relevance for the emirate and those of the country as a whole to improve economic and social development.
Plans for an education center in Ras Al Khaimah are on hold as an expert council to licence, oversee and regulate new institutions has not yet been formed.
An international test that included 369 UAE schools has highlighted an alarming gender gap among the nation’s pupils – one that is among the biggest in the world.