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Fee hike in Sharjah schools explained

Sharjah - According to the parents, the Indian curriculum school in Sharjah announced another 13 per cent hike in tuition fees for the 2016-2017 academic year.

A local education group is saying that they are "committed to maintaining an open dialogue" with parents who have signed an online petition asking that a Sharjah school stop raising tuition fees.
According to the parents, the Indian curriculum school in Sharjah announced another 13 per cent hike in tuition fees for the 2016-2017 academic year, following a 23 per cent increase in the last academic year. The education group, however, said that the Ministry of Education-approved fees had previously been discounted for parents.
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"The initial discount to parents was 50 per cent. Over time, the discount provided to our families has decreased to 45 per cent, then 35 per cent, then to a 20 per cent discount for this current academic year," they said in a statement.
"We have consistently communicated reduction of tuition fee discounts to our families ahead of the academic year and we have continued to do the same for 2016-2017. We have now communicated to parents that for the next academic year fees will be discounted by 10 per cent.
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