Two UAE schools are in the running for a $250,000 prize
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GEMS school bans Prime over Logan Paul, KSI ‘addiction’ fears
The school sent a letter to parents warning over the health dangers of the drink
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UAE school uniforms cost revealed: Parents to pay up to AED5,000
The prices vary across different schools and distributors in the country
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UAE Eid holidays; Kuwait cancels Filipino visas; Inside NEOM; Gems sale; Dubai drugs raid – 10 things you missed this week
UAE Eid holiday dates to look out for, Kuwait cancels Filipino visas, photographs inside NEOM in Saudi Arabia and more top stories this week
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UAE public holidays announced; Schengen-style Gulf visa; petrol price slashed; free housing, Ronaldo leaving Saudi Arabia? – 10 things you missed this week
UAE holidays, petrol price slashed, Dubai schools plan, company housing warning, Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia and more top news stories
Abu Dhabi
Dubai school fee jump: GEMS announces teacher pay increases
The decision applies to both Indian curriculum and international schools
Dubai
GEMS to “remain supportive of all national education entities in the UAE”
GEMS Education is world’s biggest private school operator, teaching 140,000 students from 175 countries
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Dubai’s best schools 2023 – every new KHDA rating revealed
Every Indian school in Dubai inspected and rated by KHDA for 2023
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GEMS Education sale: Abu Dhabi consortium readies $6bn bid
Abu Dhabi firms tap Rothschild & Co and Standard Chartered ahead of possible GEMS Education bid
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Sunny Varkey calms GEMS Education exit fears as new five-year education plan unveiled
Speculation has mounted amid an ongoing stake sale by private equity firm CVC
CVC Capital Partners
Exclusive: GEMS Education looking for “long term partner” as company explores minority sale, founder Sunny Varkey says
Company also considering IPO in middle of 2023
CVC Capital Partners
GEMS Education for sale: Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, Aldar explore joint purchase bid
Wealth fund ADQ and real estate developer Aldar Properties PJSC are among those exploring a joint bid for part of private equity-backed GEMS
Dubai
GEMS Education school fees to remain the same despite $6bn sale talks, KHDA says
The buyer of the world’s largest private school operator would need to use the same fee framework, the regulator explained
Education
GEMS Education for sale: Potential buyers, fee hike ahead of $6bn deal
The world’s largest operator of private schools, GEMS Education, is for sale. Here’s everything we know so far
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In pictures: GEMS Education students and teachers delighted to be reunited on first day of new term
After almost six months, schools in the UAE were today finally able to reopen their doors and welcome students back for the first day of the new academic term
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GEMS Education announces $800m deal for Saudi school network
The joint venture between GEMS and Hassana Investment Company is expected to accommodate 130,000 students and create 16,000 jobs
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GEMS Education revenues, enrolment rise in 2017
Dubai-based education firm invested over $343m in 2017, bringing investments since 2014 to over $1 billion