COVID-19 Education: Ongoing Issues Affecting The Education Sector Across The GCC

With all education institutions in the UAE and Saudi Arabia now closed and required to provide educational services through distance learning¹, a number of consistent challenges are affecting institutions and education groups. This article focuses on the issue of tuition fees, ongoing contractual issues, employment and data privacy and cybercrime challenges faced by UAE and Saudi institutions. It also looks at similar employment challenges across a number of countries in the GCC.

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