The UAE and other Gulf countries have heavily focused on improving the quality of education with Dubai setting examples for other countries to follow. The UAE allocated Dh10.3 billion for education in 2019 budget. Boston Consulting Group estimated that the UAE’s private K-12 education will increase from $4.4 billion (Dh16.15 billion) in 2017 to $7.1 billion (Dh26 billion) by 2023 with $11,000 (Dh40,370 ) per student per annum, private school spending which is higher than OECD countries.
The Gulf market is expected to double from $13 billion (Dh47.7 billion) to $26 billion (Dh95.4 billion) by 2023. In Saudi Arabia alone, the K-12 private education market is poised to catapult from $5 billion to $12 billion.
The BCG report released last year revealed that the private K-12 education market is most mature in the UAE, and the Dubai market is the most consolidated across the GCC, with 25 per cent of private K-12 schools owned by Gems Education.
GEMS Modern Academy, GEMS Wellington Academy, GEMS Our Own High School, and GEMS Founders School are all located a few minutes drive away from Easy18 apartments, our latest development which which offers quality living at an affordable price. Other schools such as Al Mawakeb school, Aquila School, Dunecrest American School, Kent College, King’s School, Rising School, Primus Private School, School of Creative Science, American, French, German, and Indian Schools as well as Repton, Dubai’s best boarding school, are all located near the Easy18 apartments. Lots of new schools had been established last year and as competition increases, schools have been freezing fees, providing discounts, reductions and scholarships to attract parents and retain students.