Dubai, March 09: Hundreds of Indian children are facing bleak prospects in schooling as demand far outstrips availability of seats in Indian schools in the UAE capital.
Indian Embassy has asked the government to intervene as thousands of children are without a place at schools overwhelmed with applications.
More than 3,500 children are on the waiting list at Our Own English High School, Abu Dhabi, double the number last year. Even smaller schools such as the Little Flower Private School, which operates in a villa, has more than 600 children on its waiting list, the National daily said.
”The demand for admissions has become worse this year,” said George Mathew, the principal of Our Own English High School, Abu Dhabi.
”Abu Dhabi is fast expanding and there is room for quite a few Indian curriculum schools. This phenomenon is only going to grow,” he added.
Gems Education, the owner of Our Own English High School, Abu Dhabi, is in discussions with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) about moving the school, which is in two large villas.
Desperate parents have resorted to sending their children back to India to continue their schooling or paying for a home tutor if their child cannot secure a place.
–Agencies