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{{Short description|Educational quality assurance agency of the Emirate of Dubai}}
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| formed = {{Start date and age|28 December 2006}}
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| headquarters = [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates
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| chief1_name = Aisha Abdulla Miran
| chief1_position = Director General
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KHDA oversees the private education sector in [[Dubai]], higher education providers, and training institutes. KHDA is responsible for the growth and quality of [[Independent school|private education]] in Dubai.
Between 2008 and 2018, the number of students attending schools rated good or better has more than doubled - from 30% in 2008/09 to 66% in the 2017/18 academic year. Likewise the number of Emirati students attending schools rated good or better has increased significantly, from 26% in 2008/09, to 62% in 2017/18.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018|title=Dubai Private Schools. A Decade of Growth. Key Findings 2008-2018|url=https://www.khda.gov.ae/Areas/Administration/Content/FileUploads/Publication/Documents/English/20180507174427_KeyFindings_2008-2018_en.pdf|publisher=Knowledge and Human Development Authority}}</ref>
==Areas of Authority==
===Early Childhood Education Centres===
Early childhood centers or nurseries should follow certain guidelines set by the local [[Ministry of Social Affairs]]. There are over 120 [[child care]] centers registered in Dubai. KHDA offers a method to help parents
===Schools===
The Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB), a part of the KHDA, is a group of inspectors who assess the schools in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Inspectors use a six-point scale to express their judgements. The four levels on the scale are defined as follows:
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# '''Weak''' - Quality not yet at the level acceptable for schools in Dubai. Schools will be expected to take urgent measures to improve the quality of any aspect of their performance or practice that is judged at this level.
# '''Very Weak''' - the measures to protect and safeguard students are not founded.
'''''What are schools assessed on?'''''
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===DSIB Ratings===
KHDA publishes
===Additional Inspection Focus Areas===
Other inspection areas include assessing the Inclusive Education as well as attaining the school's curriculum. The Inclusive Education part of the
Additionally, Moral Education was announced by
* character and morality
* the individual and the community
* cultural studies
* civic studies.
===School Parent Contract===
KHDA launched a new legally binding initiative outlining the rights and responsibilities of both parents and schools in June 2013
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===Higher Education / Universities===
Dubai has encouraged the establishment of international university branch campuses (HEP Branches), whose home-base campuses (HEP Home) are located outside the country, to provide high quality international degrees to its citizens and expatriate residents. HEP Branches are located across several Free Zones which allow 100% foreign ownership in tax-free environments. Clarification of the different types of HEPs operating in Dubai, is necessary to understand the higher education landscape. HEPs in Dubai can be located either in- or outside a Free Zone. Three main types of HEPs operate in the Emirate: HEP Branch, HEP Local and HEP Federal.
===Training Institutions===
With more than 800 approved
==KHDA Initiatives==
===What Works===
A central tenet of What Works is that it relies on local expertise to strengthen the overall quality of education in Dubai. During each What Works event, teachers participate in workshops given by their colleagues at other schools. What Works also promotes a culture of collaboration between schools throughout the year. In its Head to Head programme, principals and subject heads visit on another's schools to share best practices. This is a unique innovation given Dubai's private schools landscape, which includes schools teaching 15 different curricula. Quite often, the learning exchanges involve schools offering different curricula.
===Abundance===
In 2016, the KHDA the Abundance Group project, which invited high-achieving schools in Dubai to share their learning with others to help improve the quality of all schools in Dubai. Schools rated Very Good or Good during annual inspections were offered the option of a differentiated inspection based on self-evaluation, allowing them to focus their resources on giving back to other schools. Sixteen Outstanding-rated schools participated in the project, offering workshops and training for teachers and senior leaders from schools rated Acceptable or lower during the project's first year, with partnerships continuing since.
===Dubai Student Wellbeing Census===
Dubai's vision to be one of the happiest cities in the world by 2021 has pushed forward KHDA to investigate students’ satisfaction. KHDA has partnered with the [[Department for Education (South Australia)|Department of Education and Child Development]] of South Australia to deliver a five-year project to measure students’ wellbeing. It was first conducted in November 2017, asking around 65,000 students across 168 schools about their happiness, relationships, lifestyle, among other questions. The results of the Census said that the three main contributing factors to a student's wellbeing is a good breakfast, good night's sleep, and good relationships with adults. Furthermore, according to the data:
* 84% of students are happy most of the time
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[https://www.khda.gov.ae/Areas/Administration/Content/FileUploads/Publication/Documents/English/20180218150520_WellbeingCensus_2017Results.pdf Report]
===Lighthouse===
KHDA's strategy to improve the quality of education starts with the principals. The formation of Lighthouse is to provide a platform for principals to share ideas with one another that will help in the development of all schools in Dubai. Each year, there is a theme that is discussed among the school leaders. An example would be of this year's theme: proposing a research explaining different methods to enhance students’ wellbeing.
===Living Arabic===
Launched in October 2015, Living Arabic is a programme organised by Arabic teachers in Dubai, for teachers in Dubai. It shares the best of what language teachers are doing to inspire the love of Arabic in their students, and helps inspire other Arabic teachers to deliver lessons that harmonize with how students want to learn. The events are open to existing Arabic teachers, and all other teachers interested in incorporating Arabic into their lessons.
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KHDA's partnership with International Positive Education Network is to encourage improvement in not only academics but also character building. KHDA was invited to showcase private school sector in the Festival of Positive Education. KHDA's team along with “Happiness Ambassadors” (school teachers), traveled to Dallas to attend festival. The festival brought together educational providers and psychologists to help foster positive education in schools all around the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=IPEN |url=https://www.khda.gov.ae/en/ipen |website=khda.gov.ae}}</ref>
===Dubai Saturday Clubs and Hatta Wellbeing Camp===
The initiation of Dubai Saturday Clubs is inspired by Sorrell's Foundation National Saturday Club. KHDA offered a programme along with social entrepreneurs especially to enhance students’ wellbeing by creating meaningful community projects. It has brought together students of different schools to work with one another and promoted meaningful skills. KHDA concentrates on students’ wellbeing as much as it does on their perseverance of the highest quality of education. The Hatta Wellbeing Camp is an overnight excursion for students’ of different schools.
===Rahhal===
Rahhal is part of 10x<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dubai10x.ae/|title=Dubai 10X - An Initiative of the Dubai Future Foundation|website=Dubai 10X - An Initiative of Dubai Future Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> – a Dubai Future Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dubaifuture.gov.ae/|title=Dubai Future Foundation - Welcome To The Future|website=Dubai Future Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> initiative to take Dubai ten years into the future – in just two years. Meaning traveller in Arabic, the message of ''Rahhal'' is simple: the world is a classroom, and all learning counts. Rahhal is a fully customisable platform that will help turn anyone, and any organisation, into a learning provider, and turn all Dubai residents into lifelong learners. It will be a conduit that harnesses the community's knowledge and skills and channels it to each individual learner. All learning on the platform will be given the stamp of approval by Dubai government. Rahhal provides a creative and innovative alternative to mainstream education – an alternative that brings out the best from within the community and recognises learning wherever it occurs. It is a platform that helps to integrate learning with life, and life with learning.
By providing a supportive regulatory environment, ''Rahhal'' will enhance learning opportunities for all members of the community, whether they're children or adults. It will support learners with special education needs as well as those with special gifts and talents; it will diversify the choices for parents who wish to supplement their children's education; and it will provide adults with a flexible, modular form of learning that can be used to further their careers or enrich their lives. KHDA is currently working with parents, schools, government bodies and private organisations to bring ''Rahhal'' to life, united by a grand vision and a common purpose. Rahhal is currently in pilot phase and will be made available to a greater number of learners in the months.
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