Education in the United Arab Emirates

Since then, the country has progressed with efforts of ensuring high literacy rates, modern programs and women's share in education.

It is based on the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrollment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools.

Regionally, the countries scoring higher included the Occupied Palestinian Territories at .89; Libya, Lebanon and Kuwait at .87; Jordan and Bahrain at .86; and Saudi Arabia at .80.

All of the countries ranked in the index reported a significantly higher number of phones per population than internet users, with the UAE claiming one hundred twenty eight versus twenty-nine.

3, to "Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women" has reached its targeted levels of female participation in primary education and continues to increase.

As part of this program, an enhanced curriculum for mathematics and integrated science was introduced at the first-grade level for the 2003–4 academic year in all government schools.

Throughout the Middle East, educational advancement is often impeded by insufficient focus on the English language, inadequate provision of technology as well as modern techniques of instruction and methodology.

Stressing the importance of "modern curricula with assorted and non-monotonous means of training and evaluation",[6] the Emirates launched campaigns to develop each of these areas.

[9] In addition, the UAE government believes that a poor grasp of English is one of the main employment barriers for UAE nationals; as a first remedial step, the Abu Dhabi Education Council has developed the New School Model, a critical-thinking oriented curriculum modeled on that of New South Wales.

The major long-term outcome of the program was health benefits with fewer diseases and absences amongst school students.

While grade 11 specialized in mental health and anti-bullying campaigns, the final level of high school was to equip the young women with knowledge on emergency aid.

[15] American University in Dubai opened its doors in 1995[16] to join the successful ranks of its much older regional counterparts in Cairo and Beirut.

Another New York-based institution, New York University, accepted its first class of students to its Abu Dhabi campus in fall 2010.

After seven hundred years and a very distinguished record in Paris, Université Paris-Sorbonne opened its first campus abroad in Abu Dhabi in 2006.

Although its focus is largely on the arts and humanities, Emirati students attending international universities locally commonly prefer business, science, engineering and computers programs.

Canadian University Dubai offers Canadian-based curriculum accredited by ministry of higher education.

The 1 km long campus brings together globally recognized international universities, training centers, e-learning, and research and development companies in one location.