Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority has just published the second DSIB, which provides an overview of the strengths and areas requiring improvements in the country’s public and private schools. The report points out that almost nine out of every ten schools in Dubai provide an education of at least acceptable quality. Three public schools were judged to provide an outstanding quality of education overall.  Other key findings· There are examples of good schools among those that offer all the main types of curriculum.· Almost four out of ten schools in Dubai are good or outstanding.· People in Dubai now have access to a good quality of education regardless of the curriculum they select.· Seven schools rated unsatisfactory overall in 2008-2009 have made marked progress, but the rest continue to offer students an unsatisfactory quality of education.· More than one in ten of the private schools in Dubai are unsatisfactory.· Two thirds of the unsatisfactory schools are private schools and one third are public.Recommendations for public schools· Public schools should develop robust systems for the continuous assessment of students’ attainment and progress in the key subjects.· Public schools should develop better benchmarks comparing the academic performance of their students against those in other schools in Dubai and elsewhere in the world. · Public schools should improve their systems for monitoring academic progress and for ensuring that older students receive reliable, high quality information and advice about higher education choices. Recommendations for private schools· All private schools should ensure their compliance with Ministry of Education requirements regarding the time allocated for teaching Islamic Education and Arabic.· Schools should develop standards to enable teachers to measure the attainment and progress in Arabic of students who are learning it as an additional language.· Schools should develop the means through which they can compare the academic performance of their students against those who attend similar schools in Dubai and elsewhere in the world.· Schools should ensure that the processes for the care and welfare of students.Source: Dubai Chronicle