ABU DHABI - No private school can prevent its students from sitting for exams even if they have not paid their fees.
The new guideline would take effect from the first term of the 2008-2009 academic year, according to a senior education official on Saturday.
Nadya Mohsen Maddi, Deputy Director of Private Education at the Abu Dhabi Education Zone (ADEZ), told Khaleej Times on Sunday that the education zone would send a report to the Ministry of Education to decide the penalty in case a private school prevents students from sitting for the examinations.
“According to the federal law of private education, the school administrations are not allowed to prevent the students from appearing at the exams if the parents have delayed or not paid the tuition fees or instalments,” she said.
“In such a case, the ministry will issue two warnings to the schools and in the event of third violation the violator would face penalty that will be decided by the ministry,” added Maddi.
She urged the parents and students to inform the officials concerned at the education zones in case they face problems in this regard.
About the schools’ rights, Maddi explained that the law protects the rights of the schools’ owners as well by giving them the freedom not to release the results of students’ whose parents have defaulted on fee payments. “Moreover, schools can also decline to issue the certificate of students” he added.
By Ahmed Abdul Aziz
Page last updated 01 January 2020