3,500 Emiratis victims of academic exploitation

MOST STUDENTS ENROLLED IN TWO FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES

- BY ABDULLA RASHEED

Over 3,500 self-funded Emirati students have fallen victim to academic and financial exploitation by two foreign universities, a senior UAE minister said.

Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, was citing a discussion at a recent session of the Federal National Council.

He said that a recent decision to reform the process of sending students abroad was based on comprehensive analysis and accurate data, which revealed alarming discrepancies in the quality of educational programmes pursued by self-funded students.

Alarming statistics