Similarly, Sanrio, the exclusive Hello Kitty store, gives customers an opportunity to win
school fees up to Dh10,000 against a minimum purchase of Dh250.
To estimate the total cost of five years of secondary education the average cost of
school fees in each stratum was indexed at 4.
He said: "With the rising costs of school education, contributing to at least 10 per cent of the monthly household income, payment of
school fees is a key spend category that we have been focusing on in the last two-three years to provide value to our customers.
School fees in the emirate are calculated by taking into account the quality of education as assessed by Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau and the educational cost index as calculated by Dubai Statistics Centre.
In addition, Mashreq offers convenience for all its credit cardholders to pay
school fees with attractive 0 per cent easy payment plans.
Children get
school fee as prize money at contest based on what home means to them.
Private and international schools that violate the Education Ministry's new
school fee caps will be fined SR5,000 starting next year.
Private
school fee inflation "significantly outstrips" retail price inflation.
My daughter's
school fee alone is over Dh20,000, the bus fee is Dh4,000, books and stationery cost another 1,000 and the uniform is around Dh800.
Alternatively, customers can avail of 10 per cent cash back on
school fee spends above AED 2,500.
The discussion opened with a presentation on the role of the ECI methodology and
school fee framework, both of which have been designed to help moderate fees in Dubai and stop unjustified increases.
While the consumers saw a 100 to 200 per cent hike in food items prices during the last five years, they witnessed a massive hike in utility bills charges, and in the prices of other essential goods as well as
school fee and books.
