Advice on Choosing the Right School Curriculum for Your Child in the UAE

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Advice on Choosing the Right School Curriculum
for Your Child in the UAE
How do you choose the best CBSE school in Abu
Dubai for your child? Start with these four
handy tips
Are you new to the UAE and want to enrol your
child in school? Or, perhaps you ve realized
homeschooling is not suitable for your childs
learning style. It might also be that you want
to find the best school in the Middle East for a
specific curriculum. But you might not know much
about education in the United Arab Emirates. So,
what to do? This quick UAE school guide has
several tips to get you looking in the right
places for the best results.
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• Which Curriculum is the Best in the UAE?
• Expect to find a selection of school curricula to
  choose from
• American
• Indian (the CBSE school in Dubai and Abu Dhabi)
• British (the GCSE, IGCSE, and the A-Levels)
• Australian
• The famous International Baccalaureate Diploma
  Program (IBDP) Each of the curricula has its
  strengths and shortcomings.
• Heres an example.
• The American curriculum encourages students to
  read widely, learning many concepts without
  worrying much about sitting for in-depth
  assessments.
• But that can be a problem.
• Because your child wont have a defined way to
  assess their progress in a subject, compared to,
  say, Indias CBSE or Britains IGCSE, it might be
  challenging to find an alternative elsewhere
  thats not too different.
• Also, US states tend to use varying standards.
  So, it might be an issue when you want to leave
  the UAE and find a similar US curriculum as
  youve had in Abu Dhabi.
• You might want to try the following approach
  instead.

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• If one of the top international schools in Dubai
  ticks those boxes, then enrol them there.
• Your child will have a less-challenging time
  trying to adapt to a new curriculum when theyve
  already interacted with similar concepts before.
• Consider how long you plan to stay in the UAE
• Suppose you are an Indian working in the UAE.
  Your child can learn at an international CBSE
  school in Dubai for a more holistic framework.
• If you do not plan to stay in the Emirates for
  long, you may want to pick an Indian
  international school in Dubai.
• A top school such as the GIIS offers the reputed
  9GEM curriculum.
• The curriculum offers a holistic approach to
  education, including experiential learning,
  co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities.
• The GIIS brand also has branches back home that
  you can seamlessly transfer your child to
  without disrupting their learning flow. So see if
  you can find a UAE international school with a
  presence in your home country.
• Whats Next?
• Picking the right UAE school for your child can
  help accomplish two things. One, you can help
  them get the high-quality education they need for
  the modern world.
• Two, both of you can have smoother transitions to
  another school system if you decide to leave.
  So, over to you.