Sharjah to revamp schools in 5-year phases

Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered all schools in the emirate to emulate the model schools in Sharjah, according to Dr Abdullah Al Sawaijy, chairman of the Sharjah Education Board.

Dr Sawaijy said revamping of Sharjah schools will begin in 2013 and will be completed in three phases of five years each.

Primary education will be revised in the first phase. The second and third phases will cover the preparatory and secondary stages respectively. The three-phase plan will be completed in 2028.

This was decided by the Sharjah Executive Council during a discussion about plans of the Sharjah Education Board.

Dr Sawaijy stressed the importance of eliminating private tuition which he said would happen only by localising the teaching profession.

Ali Al Hawsani, director of the department of model schools in the emirate, said Sharjah had pioneered the spread of model schools since 1998 when there were only six model schools, making up seven per cent of the total number of schools, in the emirate.

Aisha Saif, secretary-general of the Sharjah Education Board, said Dh4,000 will be the tuition fee for enrollment in the primary stage. The fees for the preparatory and secondary stages will be Dh5,000 and Dh6,000 respectively.

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