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700,000 kids back to future

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700,000 kids back to future

DUBAI — More than 727,900 students of 1,276 public and private schools will return to classrooms on Sunday for the 2012-2013 academic year with a call from Minister of Education Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qattami to educators, administrators, learners and their guardians to work diligently and faithfully.

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Dark days
 for bright students

LONDON — ‘Devastation’. ‘ Unjust’. ‘ Total lack of trust’. These are just some of the feelings being expressed by students facing deportation from the UK, after the UK Boarder Agency (UKBA) revoked London Metropolitan University’s (LMU) licence to sponsor international students.

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No other school for kids with learning difficulties

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No other school for kids with learning difficulties

The closure of a special needs school on Wednesday has left parents with no option as no other school in Dubai is able to provide care for children with learning difficulties. The only school with such facilities, St Andrews School, remained closed on Thursday also as the owner had fled the country with all funds.

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