Private firms to help manage Abu Dhabi schools
United Arab Emirates: According to a pilot initiative launched by the Abu Dhabi Education Council that aims turn around failing schools, private firms will have a hand in the management of every state high school in the emirate when the new term starts next week, The National has reported. The pilot programme pairs state schools with private education consultancies to introduce the education council's reform agenda. Under the public-private partnerships, education management companies help to run existing state schools, which retain their own teachers and principals. [AMEInfo.com]
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