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28 March 2024

Dubai's Pakistani school in rent eviction

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By Sneha May Francis

The Al Farooq Pakistani School in Hor Al Anz has been evicted from its current location over non-payment of rent for two years. A notice was served by the rent committee to the Pakistani School to vacate its current premises.

The school was ranked ‘unsatisfactory’ as per the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) in its school inspection report. It has remained in the same ranking over the last three years. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) will now step in to help 700 affected students to find alternate schooling.

“The students of the school are now KHDA’s priority. We will facilitate the smooth transfer of these students to other schools of their choice,” said Mohammed Darwish, Chief of Regulations and Compliance Commission (RCC) at KHDA.

There are two other schools that offer Pakistani curriculum in Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Rashid Al Maktoum Pakistani School and Pakistan Education Academy.

The education regulatory authority has also stepped in to allow the school to complete the current academic year at the present location even though the legal notice has been issued with immediate effect.

If the school management is unable to come up with a solution and a different location by April 2013, they are at a risk of getting their education permit withdrawn.

KHDA has held several meetings with the school management to discuss the options available, including the use of a land grant that the school has not yet used.

“KHDA expected a more proactive approach from the school management. Since the required steps have not been taken, KHDA is stepping in to protect the interests of the students. KHDA is keen that the parents are not faced with a situation where they have nowhere to go in April.”

The KHDA had earlier helped the school to shift its location from a villa to a public school building following the federal law banning villa-schools.

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