Abu Dhabi Schools Improving - ADEC

Seven out of 10 private schools in Abu Dhabi have improved their performance, according to the government’s latest round of inspections.

The most recent inspections by ADEC, the emirate's education regulator, covered 183 schools, of which 25 were “high performing” institutions, and 55 per cent overall had achieved a "minimum satisfactory performance".

That leaves 45% of schools in the capital that do not yet offer a satisfactory level of education. This is, however, a drop from 72 per cent since inspections began six years ago.

ADEC reports examine a range of factors including personal development, quality of teaching and learning, curriculum, infrastructure, management and student support. The latest results for 2013-2015 indicate improvement across all evaluation criteria, ADEC noted.

Fifty-seven per cent of the schools scored a minimum grade of satisfactory in teaching and learning standards, compared with 31 per cent when inspections began.

More than 80 per cent of the schools were said to provide satisfactory levels of support in areas of protection, care and guidance for students, a significant increase from 39 per cent.

There were 17 schools found to be “very unsatisfactory and/or poor”, showing no improvement during the past six years.