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Dubai schooling up 20%...
Looks like inflation in Dubai is still going balistic...:sad:
Schools to raise tuition fees beyond 20% By Sunita Menon and Wafa Issa, Staff Reporters Dubai: Parents should brace for significant increases in fees of at least 26 schools in the UAE whose requests for the hike are under consideration by education authorities. Dubai-based GEMS Group on Saturday announced that it is applying to the Ministry of Education to authorise school fee increases above 20 per cent across 11 of its Central Board of Secondary School Education (CBSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) schools in the UAE. The increases are effective as of April 1. GEMS said the reasons for the increase are spiralling rents, increasing salaries for teachers and rising costs. Hugh McPherson, Chief Operating Officer of GEMS Schools, said the current Ministry of Education ceiling of 20 per cent tuition fee increase every three years is "not adequate to cover the schools' rapidly escalating operating costs." The schools include Our Own English High Schools in Dubai, Sharjah and Al Ain and The Kindergarten Starters in Dubai. GEMS officials said they are applying for appropriate increases at seven other CBSE and ISC-syllabus schools to offset their escalating costs. Officials at the Education Zone and the Ministry of Education confirmed the news and said that a fee hike was "justifiable" if the schools provided additional quality services to the pupils. Mona Al Lootah, head of the zone, told Gulf News on Saturday that there are 15 more schools waiting for approval to increase their tution fees. "As per the federal law tution fees can be raised only every three years. But schools can apply for an earlier increase if they have provided new services in the school," she said. Contacted by Gulf News, parents denounced the move and lamented they will have to make drastic cuts in their family budgets to send their children to good schools. "My son studies in Kindergarten Starters in Dubai. A notification of a 20 per cent tution fee hike was sent to us yesterday," said a Dubai-based parent. The school said it will provide better services, she noted. "[But] I am not going to buy that argument," she said. |
GEMS / Varky group seem to have an inside knowledge of EK allowances (best mates with Sheik Ahmed).In the past they have set the fees at the exact amount that the EK education allowances have been set at ie JPS charges.
So laterally thinking does this mean that EK are going to give us a 20% pay rise with 20% rises in education allowance and utilities????? HO HO HO - dont' hold your breath!!!!! :} |
MC
The education allowance has never kept pace with the varkey group. Specifically JPS. At best the education allowance goes up a full year after the JPS increase. And then it is usually based on the Jess fee, which is a not for profit school. I'm sure it is purely coincidental that MF has been on the board of Jess for many years.
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Face it they dont want your kids here or family.
you are only here to work just like the labourers , you get a free ticket once a year to visit them what more do you want. When the rents get too high we'll all be in singlemans quarters and will desperately want to go to work to get a nice comfy 3 star hotel bed or a beautiful 340 or 777 bunk to sleep in. It will not improve !!!!!! |
Hypermarkets raise prices of essential items by 10%
By Samir Salama, Bureau Chief and Daniel Bardsley, Staff Reporter Abu Dhabi/Dubai: The prices of essential commodities such as tea, sugar, canned foods and milk powder have gone up by at least 10 per cent, a senior official said on Sunday. Ahmad Hareb, director of Cooperative Societies at the Social Affairs Ministry, told Gulf News the decision by many hypermarkets takes advantage of consumers who may not notice the increase. Many hypermarkets and shopping malls have increased prices through a unilateral decision. Cooperative societies, however, have got a recommendation approved by the Ministry of Economy to increase prices of some products by up to 5 per cent, sources said. A Consumer Cooperative Union source would not identify the products, but said a request to raise prices of basic commodities was refused. The Cabinet in January warned steps will be taken to stop monopolistic practices by suppliers and producers of essential items. Hareb said the decision to break the monopoly of agents with exclusive rights to import basic foods could not be enforced as it conflicted with the agents law. AT A GLANCE What will cost more Prices for April are from Union Co-Operative, Rashidiya, and of the cheapest brand available COST Nov. 05 Apr. '06 Tea (1kg) Dh10.6 Dh15.7 Coffee (200g) Dh20.5 Dh22 Milk (2 litres) Dh9 Dh9.5 Cheese (18 pieces) Dh9.95 Dh10.5 Rice (5kg) Dh5.75 Dh10 Lamb (per kg) Dh17.5 Dh19.5 Prices above are indicative, and are drawn from a representative basket |
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