The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has shut down four villa schools as part of a plan to relocate all students to purpose-built school buildings.
The schools closed include Al Fajr English International School, Gulf Buds Private School, Salah Uddin Private School and the Philippine National School.
The closure order was issued at the beginning of 2013-2014 to allow parents enough time to enrol their children in other schools.
The closure of villa schools is part an ongoing programme in line with the Abu Dhabi Government’s plan to shut down all villa schools by summer 2015, and is an initiative managed by the Adec to help encourage private schools to operate in purpose-built schools which are consistent with quality and safety standards on plots of land allocated for education purposes.
Hamad Al Dhaheri, Executive Director of Adec’s Private Schools and Quality Assurance Sector, said that providing Abu Dhabi students with equal opportunities to education and promoting a healthy and safe school environment is one of the council’s priorities.
“The Adec has sent letters, emails and SMSes to parents of students via their schools regarding the closures in order to take necessary action and complete registration process for their children,” Al Dhaheri said.
“After the closure of the four villa schools, only 18 more villa schools are left to be closed in comparison to the 72 villa schools that were operating in 2009. Of the schools left, six are currently working on building new purpose-built school buildings after they have obtained all necessary approvals from several government bodies, four schools are working to obtain necessary approvals to start construction and eight are due to be closed by the end of the 2014-2015 academic school year.”
He added the Adec was keen to support those schools to relocate to proper school facilities in order to ensure the safety of all students and help access facilities that will provide high quality comprehensive education.
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