Given the current situation, we, parents of students at Raffles International School , a school owned by Innoventures Education, appreciate RIS’s continuous support, improvement in terms of remote learning and the sacrificial work of teachers.
On the other hand, we feel that asking for full tuition fee payment for the remote learning period that started on 22 March 2020, is unjustified.
Businesses all over the UAE are cutting costs. Most employees are being laid off, forced to take unpaid leave or having to accept 30-50% salary cuts. This current situation is a difficult time for all of us.
We appreciate that our school is paying teachers in full, which they rightfully deserve. However, this is a business decision and the financial implications of such decision must not be passed on to the students.
It is a clear fact, that the students are not using the school premises, utilities and facilities for the entire semester, thus reducing the school’s costs.
On the other hand, we have to come to terms with the sad reality that we are getting a different type of service than what we paid and signed up for. We cannot compare the remote learning to classes taught on school premises. Also, students have limited interaction with teachers. Certain classes, such as Moral Education, no longer exist in their previous form. In fact, Moral Education no longer exists at all: there is no teacher, no class, no Teams and no online teaching! Furthermore, there are no proper PE classes, no after school activities and no facilities that students can use.
We also would like to highlight, that remote learning is not a full alternative for learning. Many parents have to assist their children for 4-6 hours a day, providing all necessary equipment and technology for students to complete the assigned tasks and at the same time these parents have to work from home.
Taking the above into consideration, we are of the firm opinion that asking for a full payment of tuition fees for the last semester of the academic year 2019/2020 is unjustified. We request that RIS grants all students a reduction of 30% of the tuition fees for the last semester of the academic year 2019/2020. We propose that this fee reduction is to be funded through the reduced operating costs of the school and reduced dividends to its shareholders.
We trust that Innoventures Education considers our proposal and that we can continue the next semester together at our highly appreciated school.
Updates
April 9, 2020
The petition has reached 100 signatures. I am compiling this data into a formal letter to present to the Innoventures Education board.
Reached 250 supporters
April 8, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
April 7, 2020
130 Comments
Hi, We don’t get the full services (access to sports grounds, labs, music class, arts equipments, studios, counselors, ...) from the school so why should we pay the fees in full
With home schooling we have to buy all the materials , printer cartridges etc. With school being closed operating costs should have been reduced
With all respect to teachers and all employees working in school, i believe it is unfair we pay full amount of fees while e-learning is not 100% remplacing normal way to teach our kids. Situation of Corona is force majeure and all main group of schools have given 20 to 30% discount for this term 3.
This should be thought of without a petition, given that the teaching staff salaries will not be touched. At least the structure of the fees shall be revisited, I’m signing this while understanding that the government stated earlier that the school fees shouldn’t be negotiated, but we are seeking a fee restructure to reflect any cost cutting initiative of RIS.
Since live lessons across all subjects are not happening and there is a huge reliance on parents to explain lessons and help with assignments, a minimum of 30% refund on the tuition fees should be done. THE CURRENT SITUATION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE CONSIDERING THAT MOST FAMILIES HAVE BOTH PARENTS WORKING FULL TIME TOO.
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Given the current situation, we, parents of students at Raffles International School , a school owned by Innoventures Education, appreciate RIS’s continuous support, improvement in terms of remote learning and the sacrificial work of teachers.
On the other hand, we feel that asking for full tuition fee payment for the remote learning period that started on 22 March 2020, is unjustified.
Businesses all over the UAE are cutting costs. Most employees are being laid off, forced to take unpaid leave or having to accept 30-50% salary cuts. This current situation is a difficult time for all of us.
We appreciate that our school is paying teachers in full, which they rightfully deserve. However, this is a business decision and the financial implications of such decision must not be passed on to the students.
It is a clear fact, that the students are not using the school premises, utilities and facilities for the entire semester, thus reducing the school’s costs.
On the other hand, we have to come to terms with the sad reality that we are getting a different type of service than what we paid and signed up for. We cannot compare the remote learning to classes taught on school premises. Also, students have limited interaction with teachers. Certain classes, such as Moral Education, no longer exist in their previous form. In fact, Moral Education no longer exists at all: there is no teacher, no class, no Teams and no online teaching! Furthermore, there are no proper PE classes, no after school activities and no facilities that students can use.
We also would like to highlight, that remote learning is not a full alternative for learning. Many parents have to assist their children for 4-6 hours a day, providing all necessary equipment and technology for students to complete the assigned tasks and at the same time these parents have to work from home.
Taking the above into consideration, we are of the firm opinion that asking for a full payment of tuition fees for the last semester of the academic year 2019/2020 is unjustified. We request that RIS grants all students a reduction of 30% of the tuition fees for the last semester of the academic year 2019/2020. We propose that this fee reduction is to be funded through the reduced operating costs of the school and reduced dividends to its shareholders.
We trust that Innoventures Education considers our proposal and that we can continue the next semester together at our highly appreciated school.
Updates
April 9, 2020
The petition has reached 100 signatures. I am compiling this data into a formal letter to present to the Innoventures Education board.
Reached 250 supporters
April 8, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
April 7, 2020
130 Comments
20% is not enough, do you really think that our kids are getting 80% of what they use to have in school. And why from April only ? Last day in school was 5th March !!!
Hi, We don’t get the full services (access to sports grounds, labs, music class, arts equipments, studios, counselors, ...) from the school so why should we pay the fees in full
With home schooling we have to buy all the materials , printer cartridges etc. With school being closed operating costs should have been reduced
With all respect to teachers and all employees working in school, i believe it is unfair we pay full amount of fees while e-learning is not 100% remplacing normal way to teach our kids. Situation of Corona is force majeure and all main group of schools have given 20 to 30% discount for this term 3.
This should be thought of without a petition, given that the teaching staff salaries will not be touched. At least the structure of the fees shall be revisited, I’m signing this while understanding that the government stated earlier that the school fees shouldn’t be negotiated, but we are seeking a fee restructure to reflect any cost cutting initiative of RIS.
Since live lessons across all subjects are not happening and there is a huge reliance on parents to explain lessons and help with assignments, a minimum of 30% refund on the tuition fees should be done. THE CURRENT SITUATION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE CONSIDERING THAT MOST FAMILIES HAVE BOTH PARENTS WORKING FULL TIME TOO.
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20% is not enough, do you really think that our kids are getting 80% of what they use to have in school. And why from April only ? Last day in school was 5th March !!!