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Abu Dhabi Education Council announces the integration of 20 government schools and the opening of 11 new school buildings in the emirate of Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has decided to integrate 20 government schools and open 11 new school buildings in the emirate of Abu Dhabi for the academic year 2010-2011. The schools are located Abu Dhabi, Al-Ain, and Al-Gharbia.

This decision is part ADEC's 10 Year Strategic Plan that was created for the development of the educational system infrastructure in the Emirate through the construction of modern schools, as well as the renovation of some existing buildings, rehabilitating them in accordance with the standards of ADEC's plan. "In order to achieve optimum utilization of school facilities, running the schools according to the designed capacity, in addition to reducing the value of operating transactions and minimizing the burden of students' daily transportation; positively impacting the daily traffic," said HE Mr. Mohamed Salem Al Dhaheri, Executive Director‏ of School Operations at ADEC. "The integration process shall ideally contribute to the investment in human and financial resources, thus reducing the waste of time and effort," he added.

"The process of integration of schools was due to the invalidity of some of the schools and the desire to maintain, renew and upgrade security and safety standards for students, in addition to the small numbers of students in some schools, amounting to 180 students in some schools; a matter that made us thoroughly consider the ideal geographical distribution of students according to the strategic plan developed by the Council, which requires that the total number of students shall be approximately 1000 students, as per the designs of the new schools, provided that the capacity for each class does not exceed 30 students," said Engineer Hamad Al Dhaheri, Manager of Infrastructure and Facilities at ADEC.

HE Mr. Mohamed Salem Al Dhaheri also stated that some critical matters have been taken into account along with the integration process among schools, such as students distribution among schools based on the residential areas and its closeness to the schools in order to achieve the emotional stability of students and parents. As for educational authorities, they will be distributed and transferred to schools that were integrated with their previous schools according to the necessary and available positions and based on the applicable standards in the determination of each school needs from educational and technical human resources. ADEC has put into account not to move them to schools too far from their residential areas to facilitate their work and circumstances to establish general interest of work.

Administration authorities will be distributed among vacancies based on each schools' needs from an administrative standpoint. They shall be informed on which schools they will join once the school year starts.

Some of the new schools will be divided up to have one section for males and one section for females allowing them to accommodate to as many students as possible. The school, though separated, will remain under one school management.

Coordination has been done among the administrations of the schools that will be integrated, informing the parents with the new school to which their children shall join, and their new location, enclosing official messages showing the name of the school and its geographic location at the end of the last academic year. It has also been coordinated with Emirates Transport on the integration agenda to prepare buses required for each school, as per the required destination lines and compatible with residential areas for students and their numbers for each school in order to facilitate the outward and return journey to the students and makes the process of transition to and from school smoother and more flexible.

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Abu Dhabi schools
With the beginning of the new academic year 2010/2011, a new school shall be opened in Shamkha District, Abu Dhabi, with a capacity of up to 330 students. It shall be dedicated to Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 for male students. Also, a new kindergarten shall be opened in Khalifa City (A) with a capacity of 200 students (male and female), to serve Khalifa City residents, Khalifa City , Officers' City and Bein Al-Jisrien district.

Al-Mushrif School for girls, from Cycle 1, shall be integrated with Fatima bint Mubarak School for girls, from Cycle 1, in the building of Fatima bint Mubarak School in Al-Muroor area, where the operational capacity of the school is 690 students. Fatima bint Mubarak School is located in the same geographic area of Al-Mushrif School, at the distance of about 2 km.

Al-Ain Schools
In the city of Al Ain, four new kindergartens shall be opened at the beginning of the new academic year in Al-Toyea, Al-Sarooj, Al-Shuaiba, and Al-Qou', with the capacity of 300 students (both genders) each.

Al-Barq School for boys, Cycle 1, shall be integrated with Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan for boys, Cycle 1, in the building of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan school, which will include 600 students. Also, Abdul Rahman Al-Dakhel School for boys, Cycle 1, shall be integrated with Sultan bin Zayed School for boys, Cycle 1, in the building of Sultan bin Zayed School, which will accommodate 675 students. Al-Joud School for girls, Cycle 1, shall be integrated with Al-Raqya School for girls, Cycle 1, in the building of Al-Raqya School for girls, with the capacity of 500 students. Furthermore, Al-Yahr Al-Shamali School for boys, Cycle 1, shall be integrated with Al-Adl School for boys, Cycle 1, in Al-Adl School, to accommodate 680 students.

Al-Gharbia Schools
In Al-Gharbia three new schools shall be opened with the beginning of the new academic year. Two other schools will open at the beginning of the second semester. Ten schools will be integrated into five modern school buildings, reaching up to 1000 students (both genders) in the new schools.

In Al-Marfa' area, Al-Touba School for girls, Cycle 3, shall be integrated with Al-Zaytuna School for girls, Cycle 2, in a new building under the name of A-Touba School, with the capacity of 706 students. Further, Al-Nawawy School for boys, Cycle 2 shall be integrated with Al-Jawahrgy School for boys, Cycle 2, in a new building under the name of Uqba bin Nafe' School, with a capacity of 751 students.

Additionally, the integration process shall include Al-Marfa' School for girls, Cycle 1, and Uqba bin Nafe' School for boys, Cycle 1. They shall be integrated in a new school building and divided into two completely separated sections under one management, under the name of Al-Marfa' School, to include 748 students.

In Al-Sal district, Al-Seraj School for boys, Cycle 1 shall be integrated with Al-Sal School for girls, Cycle 1, in a new building under the name of Al-Sal School, accommodating 819 students.

In Bouhrama area, Shajart Al-Dor School for girls, from Kindergarten to Cycle 2, shall be integrated with Bouhrama School for boys, from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2, in a new school building divided into two separated sections with two separated administrations, to include 227 students, both genders.

About Abu Dhabi Education Council
In the 10th of September 2005, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, may God protect him, issued Law No. 24 of 2005 on the establishment of Abu Dhabi Education Council under the chairmanship of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Vice-Chairman of the Council.

The objectives for which the Council has been established include two main goals; the first of which is the development of education and educational institutions in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the second goal is to provide technical advice on the development of policies and educational services in the Emirate, according to a vision to improve education in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to the highest international standards.

For further information about the Abu Dhabi Education Council, please contact the headquarters of the Council:
Tel. +971 (2) 6150 000,
Website: www.adec.ac.ae

Mona Al-Khedhr
Information Specialist,
Tel: +971 (2) 6150 319
e-mail: muna.alkhdher@adec.ac.ae

© Press Release 2010