Especially with the weather changing in the UAE from mild winter into the onset of summer these are the seven most common bugs or illnesses kids can pick up in the UAE. According to experienced pediatricians these are the common illness and the course of action parents should take to keep their children safe and…
If you are an expat thinking about starting a family in the UAE then these are a few pertinent questions you and your spouse together have to ponder over in order to make sure you both are ready to leap into parenthood. 1. How strong is your relationship? Both of you must be strong in…
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has announced the academic calendar for the year starting from September 2018 to April 2019. The complete table of working days including holidays and vacation periods has been published on the KHDA website. KHDA has made it mandatory for all private schools in the UAE to communicate Public…
A recent development that comes as a huge relief to parents whose children are schooling in Dubai is the news that most schools are lowering their tuition fees while others have frozen their prices. Economic pressure is being cited as the main reason why a number of Dubai schools have lowered their tuition fees for…
The Dubai ruler has announced laws to establish the Knowledge Dirham Fee and the Innovation Dirham Fee related to innovation and government services. According to WAM, an Innovation Dirham Investment Committee will be established to explore opportunities for investing revenues from the Innovation Dirham. The Knowledge Dirham and Innovation Dirham will not be refunded when…
Parents in the UAE will not have to pay value-added tax (VAT), which was introduced on January 1, 2018 in the country, on school bus fees, according to VAT implementers and transport services. VAT, a form of indirect and general consumption tax, has been set at the rate of five per cent on a majority…
UAE mulls banning fast food facilities near schools The Abu Dhabi Childhood Obesity Forum comprising of international experts has revealed their latest research findings on how to combat obesity, which is growing rapidly into becoming a world wide epidemic. A special childhood obesity taskforce has undertaken the ambitious work on reducing average body mass index…
