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Early

Childhood

Education and Care in Dubai

An Executive Summary

2009

Early Childhood Education and Care in Dubai

An Executive Summary 2009

Prepared by Dr. John Bennett, Visiting Research Fellow Thomas Coram Research Unit, University of London Dubai, 30 December 2009

John Bennett managed the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country reviews of early childhood education. Dr. Bennett has also been director of the Early Childhood & Family Unit at UNESCO, and its delegate to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. He is author of several international reports on early childhood education policy in both developed and developing countries and is a member of the board of several early childhood research journals. Citation: Bennett Report (2009) Early Childhood and Education Services in Dubai, Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai. Please note that the facts and opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of KHDA or the Dubai authorities.

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Acknowledgements KHDA would like to extend its appreciation to all the individuals, universities and colleges, governmental and private organizations that helped to make this report possible by sharing the information and data that make this such a unique resource. In particular, KHDA would like to thank:

Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA): Moza Al Shoomi, Nada Al Ali, Duha Ali Bani Hammad, Wafa Bin Sulaiman, Nazim Mansour, Amna AlDehail, Hussein Al Sheikh; Ministry of Education (MoE): Fouzia Badri, Maryam Bawazir and Noura Almarri; Dubai Women's Establishment (DWE): Shamsa Mohammad Saleh, Hessa Tahlak, Maitha Qurwash Community Development Authority (CDA): Eman Gaad, Bushra Al Mulla, Khadija Zahzah, Fatma Al Shamsi, Tareq Ibrahim, Hussein Al Maseeh, Ghassan Khalil Dubai Health Authority (DHA): Peyvand Khaleghian Dubai Statistics Centre (DSC): Afaf Bu Assaiba, Ali Halawi, Ali Al Salaq, Mohammad Abo Aisheh and Najeeba Al Marzouqi Zayed University (ZU): John Cryan, Gloysis Mayers, Rabaa Alsumaiti, Linda Colburn Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) in Dubai: Ian Boulter, Sean Ingoldsby, Mona Abu Ghazalah Michigan State University (MSU), Dubai: Kennon Rider Gulf Montessori: Hala Roumani Secretariat de son Altesse l'Agha Khan: Nimet Rener Aga Khan Early Learning Center, Ismaili Centre, Agha Khan Foundation: Naushad Rashid, Aziz Merchant The Association of Nurseries in Dubai

All of the managers of nurseries, kindergarten principals and parents who graciously agreed to be interviewed.

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