"Finally GEMS management has decided to go ahead with their decision to downgrade education as noble profession to a commercial business wherein only profits make sense and everything else is irrational. After struggle of almost 80 days, parents of Dubai Modern High School have been left low and dry by GEMS group in collaboration with regulators (the authority without responsibility to society or school fraternity)."
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"At the Independent Schools Council, which represents 85% of independent schools, Dick Davidson says GEMS has a strategy that makes sense in areas that have a demonstrable unmet demand for private education. 'It's certainly true that parts of the country are undersupplied,' he says. 'These areas are not difficult to spot, and there's no reason why new schools should not be successful.
'But I'm not so sure whether these famed economies of scale will produce lower costs to the consumer or higher profits for the investor. Almost all the projects I've come across that purport to offer low-cost independent education result either in lower standards or poorer working conditions for teachers.
'You can't make significant inroads into costs without at some early point coming up against the cost of staff, who account for up to 70%.
And research suggests that the most important thing parents like for their children is smaller classes and the individual attention and teaching that this produces. That's the challenge for outfits like GEMS.'"
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Has the deal been signed or can the interim plan be suffice for the time being?
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