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NCC panel reviews plans to upgrade education sector

ABU DHABI — The Development Committee at the Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council held yesterday a session at the premises of the House to discuss some replies it received from the Civil Service Commission and the Abu Dhabi Education Council, on plans to upgrade the education sector.

Based on the feedback, the committee will prepare a report, which will be discussed in the coming session scheduled to be held on June 12. The committee decided to postpone its debates till the holding of the new legislative chapter so as to discuss plans to enhance education.

On the other hand, the Education Affairs Committee of the NCC concluded its debates about the broad lines taken to evaluate and classify the performance of the government and private education in Abu Dhabi.

The committee reviewed the feedback from the agencies concerned, which relate to the objectives of developing the educational system in the UAE. The Education Affairs Committee (EAC) has defined the role of the Abu Dhabi Education Council in setting the future strategy for the education process.

This includes adoption of a 25-year term plan, which aims at developing the schools operating in Abu Dhabi.

The EAC will pass its final report to the NCC at the coming session that will be held tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Ad Hoc Committee of the council held yesterday evening the 12th meeting at the premises of the Secretariat-General of the NCC.

The meeting was chaired by Abdullah bin Muhamad Al Masoud, NCC Speaker.

The committee reviewed the issues on the agenda to be discussed at the coming session. Moreover, the committee reviewed the report prepared by the Education & Media Affairs Committee regarding the classification and assessment of the performance of both government and private education in Abu Dhabi.