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United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child - States Parties Reports |
UNITED
NATIONS |
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CRC
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Convention on the Rights of the Child |
Distr. GENERAL CRC/C/78/Add.2 24 October 2001 Original: ENGLISH |
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES
UNDER
ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION
Initial reports of States parties due in 1999
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
[15 April
2001]
GE.01-45455
(E) 041201
CONTENTS
Paragraphs Page
Introduction 1 -
7 3
I. THE PRINCIPAL LAWS, LEGISLATION AND ARTICLES
CONCERNING THE
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE
PROTECTION OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN 8 -
253 5
A. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs 8 -
109 5
B. The Ministry of the Interior 110 - 133 31
C. The
Ministry of Health 134 - 168 35
D. The Ministry of Education and
Youth 169 - 184 42
E. The Ministry of Information and Culture 185 -
253 58
Initial report of the United Arab Emirates on the
Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Introduction
− Article 14: Society shall be based, inter alia, on equality, social justice, security, peace and equal opportunities for all citizens, who shall be bound together by the strongest ties of solidarity, mutual love and understanding;
− Article 15: The family, sustained by religion, morality and patriotism, shall constitute the cornerstone of society. The law shall guarantee the integrity of the family and shall safeguard and protect it against corruption;
− Article 16: Society shall cater for the welfare of mothers and children and shall protect minors and other persons who are unable to care for themselves for reasons such as sickness, infirmity, old age or involuntary unemployment. It shall assist and rehabilitate such persons for their benefit and for that of society;
− Article 17: Education is a fundamental factor in social progress. Within the Federation, it shall be compulsory at the primary level and free of charge at all levels. The requisite plans for the expansion and universalization of education at all levels and for the eradication of illiteracy shall be established by law; and
− Article 19: Society shall guarantee to all citizens health care and facilities for the prevention and treatment of diseases and epidemics and shall encourage the establishment of public and private hospitals, clinics and treatment centres.
− Article 1: Every federal ministry shall discharge the functions assigned to it in accordance with this Act and the other federal laws, ordinances and regulations promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution;
− Article 18: Every federal ministry shall draft all the requisite laws, decrees, ordinances and regulations governing its functions and shall submit them to the Federal Council of Ministers after their wording has been reviewed by the Department of Fatwas and Legislation; and
− Article 20 of the Labour Relations Regulatory Act No. 8 of 1980 prohibits the employment of juveniles of either sex who are under 15 years of age. Articles 21-26 of the same Act contain stipulations which are likewise in the interests of the child.
Table 1
Limits on work by juveniles
Age
|
Loads that can be carried
|
Loads that can be pushed on rails
|
Loads that can be pushed on two wheels
|
Loads that can be pushed on a single wheel
|
||||
15-17
|
Males
|
Females
|
Males
|
Females
|
Males
|
Females
|
Males
|
Females
|
Weight
in kgs. |
15
|
10
|
300
|
150
|
Employment of juveniles prohibited
|
Employment of juveniles prohibited
|
I. THE PRINCIPAL LAWS, LEGISLATION AND ARTICLES
CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE
PROTECTION OF MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN
A. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
“The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs shall
exercise the following functions:
1. Drafting of federal legislation on
the following matters:
− Labour.
− Social insurance.
− Endeavours to combat unemployment and provide employment for citizens.
− Social services and family welfare.
− Cooperative associations and encouragement of family savings.
2. Provision of technical and material assistance to enable member Emirates to implement the abovementioned legislation.
3. Supervision of expenditure from the federal budgetary appropriations for social affairs, in accordance with the urgent requirements of some Emirates, in agreement with the authorities of the Emirate concerned.
4. Supervision of foreign and international bodies and institutions providing or monitoring material or moral assistance in the field of employment, social welfare and charitable works, as well as supervision of their registration and guidance and support for the endeavours that they are making to serve society.
5. Any other functions assigned to the Ministry in other legislation.”
− Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of the State;
− Council of Ministers Decision No. 5 of 1990 regulating the social affairs sector of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, as amended;
− Articles 6, 9, 10, 23 and 30 of Federal Act No. 9 of 1976 concerning juvenile delinquents;
− Ministerial Ordinance No. 32/3 of 1983 concerning the statutes of juvenile reform centres;
− Federal Act No. 5 of 1997, as amended;
− Articles 1, 3, 6, 18 and 19 of Federal Act No. 13 of 1981 concerning social security, as amended by Federal Act No. 21 of 1991;
− The Council of Ministers decision regulating nongovernmental welfare and rehabilitation institutions (awaiting ratification);
− Formation of a Higher Council for Children (awaiting ratification); and
− Formation of a Higher National Committee for Persons with Special Needs (awaiting ratification).
1. The Family and Child Welfare Department
− To study and endeavour to solve family problems through the organization of family counselling programmes; and
− To propose and formulate the programmes of family welfare institutions and supervise their administrative bodies.
− To study the needs of children and determine the requirements for their upbringing, their preparation for a decent life from the health, psychological, cultural and recreational standpoints and the development of their abilities and talents; and
− To provide children with the requisite care and protection from delinquency and ensure that they enjoy a healthy environment and a proper family and social milieu through family, maternal and childoriented activities and services.
(a) Location
(i) The nursery school must be situated in a calm and quiet location in which the children will not be exposed to danger. It must meet all the security and safety requirements as laid down by the competent authorities, which shall coordinate with each other in this regard.
(ii) The location must be appropriate, close to developed areas and in a healthy environment.
(b) Premises
(i) The nursery school must be on the ground or first floor of a building consisting of a number of apartments, with empty spaces around the building in which children can engage in physical exercise, or in a villa consisting of not more than two floors covering an area appropriate to the desired purpose.
(ii) The premises must have a large planted courtyard, part of which must be roofed to protect the children from the sun and rain, covered with sand and of a size commensurate with the number of children in the nursery.
(iii) The rooms must be distributed, by age group, in such a way as to ensure that every child is allocated an area of at least 1 square metre and that there is a distance of at least 1 metre between each bed in the rooms for infants in order to prevent the spread of disease among them and facilitate the process of their supervision.
(iv) The premises must be safe, meeting the health requirements in regard to toilet facilities, ventilation, lighting and air conditioning, and must be equipped with fire extinguishers.
(v) One room, set aside as a health clinic, must contain the principal medical and first aid equipment needed for children.
(vi) A certificate must be obtained from the municipality attesting the suitability of the premises for their intended purpose.
(vii) A certificate from the competent municipality attesting ownership of the premises or a certified rent contract in the case of rented premises, must be presented.
(a) They must be of praiseworthy
conduct and good reputation and must not have been convicted of an offence
prejudicial to honour or
integrity unless they have been restored to good
standing or pardoned by the competent authorities in cases in which pardon is
permissible;
(b) They must be free from contagious and epidemic
diseases;
(c) They must sign a contract of employment with the
nursery school’s administration; and
(d) Their academic
qualification must not be lower than a general secondary certificate,
particularly in the case of directors and supervisors,
and preference should be
given to persons holding specialized educational qualifications in pedagogy and
childcare. The certificates
presented must be authenticated by the official
authorities.
− Specification of the responsibilities of the nursery school’s supervisors and staff;
− Enforcement of the nursery school’s internal regulations;
− Planning, direction and technical supervision of the nursery school’s programmes and social and educational activities;
− Evaluation of the work of the supervisors and reporting thereon to the Ministry;
− Helping to improve the standard of performance of the supervisors by arranging for them to attend training courses and giving them an opportunity to study books, publications and research works concerning the care and upbringing of children; and
− Promotion of closer links between the supervisors and staff under her direction and the children’s families.
must be well acquainted not only with the special characteristics of the
stage of childhood and the factors that influence the behaviour
of children but
also with the social circumstances of the children and their families and the
best ways to solve their problems.
She discharges the following
functions:
− Planning the daily programme of activities for the group of children under her care and preparing the apparatus and equipment appropriate to those activities, with due regard for the wishes and inclinations of the children, weather conditions and other circumstances;
− Showing consideration for individual differences between children and becoming thoroughly familiar with each child through close observation, particularly during the activities, in order to discover the child’s wishes, inclinations and manner of interaction with other children;
− Submission of a monthly social report on each child for inclusion in the child’s personal file;
− Collaboration with the visiting physician and the nurse in order to identify problems impeding the child’s development; and
− Specification of the responsibilities of her assistant and familiarizing the latter with the method to be followed in order to avoid confusing the child.
− Preparation of the children’s health records and cards so that the physician can enter his observations concerning the state of health of each child;
− Daily examination of the children in order to detect any diseases with which they might be afflicted, in which case she isolates them and refers them to the physician or transfers them to hospital;
− Provision of the daily treatment prescribed by the physician for each child at the times and in the quantities specified on the health card;
− Measuring the children’s weight and height at frequent regular intervals and entering the details on their health cards;
− Daily visits to the nursery school’s rooms in order to verify the adequacy of their ventilation and lighting, and inspection of all its facilities, particularly the kitchen and toilets;
− Supervision of the food served to the children, as recommended by the physician, including supervision of its storage and preparation; and
− Provision of immediate first aid for any children injured in an accident.
− Thorough medical examination of the children at the time of their enrolment in the nursery school;
− Assisting the competent medical authority to coordinate the process of vaccinating the children against the contagious diseases against which they need to be immunized;
− Compilation of menus for the children, taking care to ensure that the meals are desirable, easy to prepare and appropriate to the nutritional needs of the children;
− Preparation of a medical report on each child in the light of the regular monthly examination;
− Ordering the isolation of children infected with contagious or epidemic diseases;
− Inspection of the nursery school from the standpoint of health and general hygiene, and commenting thereon in a special register maintained for that purpose; and
− Periodic examination of the nursery school’s staff to ensure that they are free from contagious diseases and hold official health cards proving them to be free therefrom.
Table 2
Number of
nursery schools, and number of their staff and children,
in UAE cities in 1997
Number of nursery schools
|
Number of their staff
|
Number of their children
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
19
|
122
|
909
|
Al-Ain
|
9
|
37
|
344
|
Dubai
|
28
|
244
|
2 034
|
Sharjah
|
13
|
75
|
636
|
Ajman
|
2
|
8
|
62
|
Fujairah
|
3
|
8
|
54
|
Total
|
74
|
494
|
4 039
|
Table 3
Number and gender distribution of children attending nursery
schools
in UAE cities in 1997
Males
|
%
|
Females
|
%
|
Total
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
500
|
55
|
409
|
45
|
909
|
Al-Ain
|
173
|
50
|
171
|
50
|
344
|
Dubai
|
1 099
|
54
|
935
|
46
|
2 034
|
Sharjah
|
345
|
54
|
291
|
46
|
636
|
Ajman
|
33
|
53
|
29
|
47
|
62
|
Fujairah
|
21
|
39
|
33
|
61
|
54
|
Total
|
2 171
|
54
|
1 868
|
46
|
4 039
|
Table 4
Number of children attending nursery schools
in UAE cities
in 1997, by age category
Unweaned
|
%
|
Weaned
|
%
|
Total
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
47
|
5
|
862
|
95
|
909
|
Al-Ain
|
50
|
15
|
294
|
85
|
344
|
Dubai
|
58
|
3
|
1 976
|
97
|
2 034
|
Sharjah
|
109
|
18
|
527
|
81
|
636
|
Ajman
|
11
|
18
|
51
|
82
|
62
|
Fujairah
|
3
|
6
|
51
|
94
|
54
|
Total
|
278
|
7
|
3 761
|
93
|
4 039
|
Table 5
Number of children attending nursery schools
in
UAE cities in 1997, by nationality
UAE citizens
|
%
|
Arab
|
%
|
Foreign
|
%
|
Total
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
88
|
10
|
152
|
17
|
669
|
73
|
909
|
Al-Ain
|
34
|
10
|
218
|
63
|
92
|
27
|
344
|
Dubai
|
168
|
8
|
123
|
6
|
1 743
|
86
|
2 034
|
Sharjah
|
59
|
10
|
275
|
43
|
302
|
48
|
636
|
Ajman
|
3
|
5
|
32
|
51
|
27
|
44
|
62
|
Fujairah
|
8
|
15
|
37
|
69
|
9
|
16
|
54
|
Total
|
360
|
9
|
837
|
21
|
2 842
|
70
|
4 039
|
Table 6
Occupational distribution of nursery school staff
in UAE
cities in 1997
Director
|
Administrative Supervisor
|
Administrative clerk
|
Secretary
|
Accountant
|
Nurse
|
Assistant nurse
|
Supervisor
|
Assistant supervisor
|
Nursemaid
|
Messenger
|
Bus supervisor
|
Bus driver
|
Guard
|
Gardener
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
10
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
-
|
51
|
16
|
13
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
Al-Ain
|
6
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
13
|
-
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
Dubai
|
15
|
-
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
-
|
81
|
14
|
63
|
22
|
1
|
21
|
4
|
-
|
Sharjah
|
9
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
22
|
3
|
14
|
6
|
-
|
9
|
3
|
-
|
Ajman
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
Fujairah
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Total
|
42
|
3
|
3
|
11
|
3
|
34
|
-
|
173
|
34
|
94
|
53
|
2
|
34
|
8
|
-
|
Table 7
Distribution of nursery school staff in UAE cities in
1997,
by nationality
UAE citizens
|
Gulf
|
Arab
|
Foreign
|
Total
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
1
|
-
|
27
|
94
|
122
|
Al-Ain
|
-
|
3
|
22
|
12
|
37
|
Dubai
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
232
|
244
|
Sharjah
|
1
|
4
|
20
|
50
|
75
|
Ajman
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
Fujairah
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
Total
|
3
|
7
|
88
|
396
|
494
|
2. Centres for persons with special needs (the disabled)
− Mental retardation;
− Auditory impairment;
− Visual impairment;
− Physical and motor disability;
− Autism; and
− Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Governmental centres
Table 8
Disabled students at government
centres
Location
|
Number of students
|
Number of classes
|
||
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
||
Abu Dhabi
|
141
|
84
|
225
|
30
|
Dubai
|
150
|
67
|
217
|
38
|
Al-Ain
|
79
|
71
|
150
|
17
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
48
|
37
|
85
|
15
|
Fujairah
|
64
|
42
|
106
|
16
|
Total
|
482
|
301
|
783
|
116
|
− Mental retardation (35.5 per cent of the students enrolled at the centres);
− Auditory impairment (19.67 per cent);
− Visual impairment (4.6 per cent, the least numerous category); and
− Physical and motor disability (9.96 per cent).
(Abu Dhabi),
the Al-Ain Welfare and Rehabilitation Centre, the International Speech Therapy
Centre (Al-Ain) and the Sharjah Humanitarian
Services City.
Table 9
Care and rehabilitation units in
Sharjah
Unit
|
Number of students
|
Amal Kindergarten for the Deaf
|
67
|
Amal Institute for the Deaf
|
104
|
Mental Education Unit for the Mentally Retarded
|
188
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Unit
|
38
|
Physiotherapy Unit
|
16
|
Speech Therapy Unit
|
21
|
Early Intervention Centre for Various Disabilities
|
230
|
Total
|
664
|
Health and safety requirements
Programmes, activities and services provided
− Medical, psychological and auditory diagnosis, formulation and implementation of therapeutic health, psychological and social programmes and counselling, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Cases requiring laboratory tests, surgical operations or prosthetic appliances are referred to the competent departments in the government hospitals;
− Training in speech and communication and treatment of speech defects;
− Education (basic academic subjects);
− Vocational and craft training, including carpentry, plastic and metal working, agriculture, carpet weaving, needlework, tailoring, typing and computer operation;
− Monitoring the employment of graduate students; and
− Provision of hearing and other compensatory aids for their students. They also provide diagnostic, therapeutic and counselling services, by special arrangement, for outpatients.
Social integration of persons with special needs
− Promote the promulgation of legislation to help qualified persons with special needs to find permanent employment in the governmental and private sectors;
− Ensure the availability of adequate facilities to ensure that persons with special needs enjoy freedom of movement and access to public transport, amenities and markets, cultural and sports clubs and facilities, and cinemas; and
− Encourage and support activities and associations organized by persons with special needs, and remove all the obstacles impeding their exercise of any form of activity or affecting their ability to become self-reliant and independent.
Training courses for persons working with disabled children
Measures to assist the families of disabled persons
− Achievement of participation and full equality as a matter of principle;
− Promulgation of legislation recognizing the national and social rights of disabled persons;
− Making welfare and rehabilitation services accessible to all individuals in need thereof;
− Large-scale promotion of preventive programmes;
− More effective utilization of the latest technological achievements for the benefit of persons with special needs; and
− Monitoring and implementation of the resolutions and recommendations of international and regional organizations concerning the disabled.
New types of services
modern Middle Eastern centre for the care and rehabilitation of persons with
special needs. This centre, which will be constructed
in accordance with the
most modern methods and architectural designs and equipped with the most
sophisticated technical installations
available in the international markets,
will be capable of receiving more than 600 cases and providing the most highly
developed
diagnostic and therapeutic services. It will also provide services
for categories of disabled persons for whom adequate services
are not currently
available at the existing centres, such as persons suffering from injuries to
the spinal cord and vertebrae, autism,
and hyperactivity. It is hoped that this
centre, which will also include a kindergarten for early intervention, will be
completed
by the end of the year 2000.
3. Social development centres
Organizational structure of the social development
centres
Table 10
Female staff at centre
Centre
|
Female staff
|
Dubai Development Centre
|
11
|
Sharjah Development Centre
|
14
|
Ajman Development Centre
|
16
|
Umm al-Qaiwain Development Centre
|
6
|
Ras al-Khaimah Development Centre
|
15
|
Julfar Development Centre
|
5
|
Fujairah Development Centre
|
5
|
Dibba Development Centre
|
4
|
Khor Fakkan Development Centre
|
7
|
Kalba Development Centre
|
3
|
Total
|
86
|
Table
11
Crèches
Crèches
|
Average number
of students |
Sex
|
Approximate
ages
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
|||
Dubai
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
1-4 yrs.
|
Ajman
|
15
|
10
|
5
|
1-4 yrs.
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
38
|
20
|
18
|
1-4 yrs.
|
Dibba
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
1-4 yrs.
|
Fujairah
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
2-4 yrs.
|
Table 12
Activities of the social development centres in
1997
Social
development centres |
Lectures
|
Cinema shows
|
Excursions
|
Field visits
|
Joint program-mes
|
Literary classes
|
Koran memorization
|
Courses
|
Exhibi-
tions |
|||||
Number
|
Partici-
pants |
Number
|
Partici-
pants |
Number
|
Partici-
pants |
Number
|
Educational
|
Occupa-tional
|
||||||
Dubai
|
23
|
234
|
10
|
127
|
14
|
184
|
5
|
26
|
84
|
8
|
1
|
62
|
5
|
10
|
Sharjah
|
24
|
260
|
5
|
66
|
5
|
59
|
12
|
27
|
34
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
Ajman
|
29
|
726
|
1
|
45
|
16
|
267
|
18
|
34
|
29
|
4
|
-
|
85
|
7
|
4
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
18
|
363
|
7
|
101
|
14
|
328
|
12
|
29
|
43
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
5
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
33
|
710
|
4
|
257
|
7
|
180
|
41
|
39
|
21
|
13
|
-
|
70
|
2
|
6
|
Julfar
|
27
|
596
|
12
|
238
|
3
|
26
|
17
|
33
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
3
|
8
|
Fujairah
|
29
|
627
|
4
|
152
|
5
|
76
|
6
|
32
|
10
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
Khor Fakkan
|
20
|
554
|
5
|
166
|
9
|
116
|
53
|
43
|
14
|
3
|
-
|
40
|
3
|
5
|
Kalba
|
21
|
461
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
53
|
21
|
34
|
29
|
9
|
-
|
75
|
2
|
2
|
Dibba
|
46
|
751
|
6
|
241
|
7
|
69
|
53
|
39
|
8
|
2
|
-
|
27
|
-
|
3
|
Total
|
270
|
5 482
|
54
|
1 393
|
84
|
1 358
|
238
|
336
|
272
|
64
|
1
|
374
|
27
|
47
|
4. Associations of public benefit
5. The Social Security Fund
6. The Marriage Fund
(a) To detect any
cases of HIV;
(b) To detect any difference in the Rhesus factor
in blood cells with a view to avoiding complications that might affect unborn or
newborn
infants; and
(c) To provide protection against some
contagious venereal and sexually transmitted diseases that have adverse effects
on the general
and mental health of infants.
− Convention No. 100 of 1951 concerning equal remuneration for work of equal value;
− Convention No. 105 of 1957 concerning the abolition of forced labour; and
− Convention No. 138 of 1973 concerning the minimum age for admission to employment, which was ratified in 1996.
Measures that the State has taken in connection with the administration of juvenile justice
measures prescribed for juveniles and official documents subsequently prove
him to be over 18 years of age, the Department of Public
Prosecutions shall
bring the matter to the attention of the court which pronounced the sentence so
that it can annul the sentence
and pass judgement in the case in accordance with
the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure”.
article 29 implies that the general rule is that the juvenile should appear
in person, his representation by proxy being an exception
to which resort is
made only if his interests so
require. If the court is inclined to convict
the juvenile, his representation by proxy is deemed insufficient and he is
required
to attend in person so that the proceedings that took place in his
absence can be explained to him.
(a) In
cases in which a juvenile may be sentenced to a criminal penalty, the penalty of
capital punishment or imprisonment prescribed
for the offence that he committed
shall be commuted to a term of not more than 10 years’
detention;
(b) If the offence that the juvenile committed is
punishable by detention, the term of detention to which he is sentenced shall
not
exceed half the maximum term prescribed for the offence in question;
and
(c) The term of detention to which the juvenile may be
sentenced under the terms of this article shall be served in special
establishments
in which social welfare and educational facilities are available.
The juvenile court shall impose a criminal penalty on a juvenile
convicted of
committing a serious offence in order to deter him and others from committing
similar offences. A criminal penalty
shall also be imposed if the court has
reason to believe that a re-educational measure would be ineffective and
inappropriate and
that the imposition, or threatened imposition, of a penalty
would be more effective in deterring or intimidating the juvenile.
Department of Public Prosecutions and including among its members the
director of the institution and a specialist appointed by the
Minister for
Social Affairs. The persons sentenced to placement in such institutions shall
be released only on the recommendation
of the said board.”
(a) Study, and submit to the court,
recommendations for the release of convicted
persons;
(b) Participate in the formulation of the general
policy, and in the organization of the work and activity programmes, of the
unit;
and
(c) Help to solve any problems that the unit
encounters.
B. The Ministry of the Interior
− Anyone against whom an order has been issued by the Attorney-General or his representative in connection with a case under investigation;
− Anyone against whom a written order has been issued by a competent court in connection with a case that it is hearing; and
− Anyone who is held liable for the payment of money due to the Government. In such a case, the prohibition order must be issued by the competent Minister.
wishing to study are permitted to register
with the Ministry of Education, receive the requisite books and sit examinations
in order
to help them to acquire knowledge and qualifications in accordance with
the established rules and regulations.
− Those born in or outside the State to a father who is a legal citizen of the State;
− Those born in or outside the State to a mother who is a legal citizen, even if their paternity has not been legally established;
− Those born in or outside the State to a mother who is a legal citizen by an unknown or stateless father; and
− Those born in the State to unknown parents, foundlings being deemed to have been born therein failing proof to the contrary.
intensive campaigns, through the Ministry of Health, to combat smoking and
levies high taxes on tobacco products. The legislation
concerning narcotic
drugs is strictly enforced, particularly in regard to trafficking therein, and
treatment, medicine and rehabilitation
services are available to any addicts
wishing to benefit therefrom, and particularly to those under 18 years of
age, with due regard
for the need to keep their identity confidential.
C. The Ministry of Health
Table 13
Births registered in
1997
Medical
district |
Citizens
|
Non-Citizens
|
Total
|
||||||
Abu Dhabi
|
2 571
|
2 365
|
4 936
|
3 513
|
3 296
|
6 809
|
6 084
|
5 661
|
11 745
|
Western Region
|
283
|
249
|
532
|
264
|
261
|
525
|
547
|
510
|
1 057
|
Al-Ain
|
1 916
|
1 662
|
3 578
|
1 947
|
1 844
|
3 791
|
3 863
|
3 506
|
7 369
|
Dubai
|
3 081
|
3 048
|
6 129
|
3 983
|
3 844
|
7827
|
7 064
|
6 892
|
13 956
|
Sharjah
|
1 145
|
1 144
|
2 289
|
1 637
|
1 640
|
3 277
|
2 782
|
2 784
|
5 566
|
Ajman
|
181
|
161
|
342
|
476
|
457
|
933
|
657
|
618
|
1 275
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
176
|
191
|
367
|
212
|
182
|
394
|
388
|
373
|
761
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
904
|
877
|
1 781
|
479
|
510
|
989
|
1 383
|
1 387
|
2 770
|
Fujairah
|
797
|
805
|
1 602
|
320
|
291
|
611
|
1 117
|
1 096
|
2 213
|
Total
|
11 054
|
10 502
|
21 556
|
12 831
|
12 325
|
25 156
|
23 885
|
22 827
|
46 712
|
Medical counselling
Measures to ensure protection and care:
(a) The
expanded immunization programme
to the list of vaccinations scheduled in the national programme for children
under 5 years of age and, in 1991, the vaccination against
viral hepatitis B was
also added. The vaccination against haemophilus influenzae B will be added in
early 1999.
(b) The programme for the eradication of poliomyelitis
(c) The programme for the eradication of measles
Table 14
Immunization rates for
children
Indicator
|
1977
|
1987
|
1997
|
Total births
|
26 673
|
47 950
|
46 712
|
Immunization coverage rate
|
|
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
15%
|
60%
|
98%
|
Triple vaccine
|
11%
|
80%
|
96%
|
Poliomyelitis
|
11%
|
80%
|
92%
|
Measles
|
24%
|
66%
|
95%
|
Hepatitis B
|
|
|
90%
|
Public and private medical facilities for the care and protection of children
1. Governmental centres
(a) Maternal and childcare
Table 15
Maternal and child health
care
Health indicators
|
1977
|
1987
|
1997
|
Proportion of mothers receiving prenatal care
|
-
|
-
|
90%
|
Proportion of mothers receiving care during childbirth
|
40%
|
85%
|
90%
|
Hereditary diseases
Committee on Hereditary Diseases and Congenital Abnormalities and the
development of a genetic clinic for early detection, counselling
and education
purposes. Newborn infants are also currently being tested for phenylketonuria
(PKU) and more than 65,000 children
have so far been examined.
School health
to iron or iodine deficiency, trachoma and parasitic diseases. The school
environment and the meals provided in school cafeterias
are kept under
surveillance and all diseases are reported so that immediate measures can be
taken to prevent the spread of contagion.
Health education and awareness
campaigns are conducted and health records and statistics are
maintained.
Table 16
School health services in public and
private schools
Number of students and schools
|
Academic year
|
|||
1986
|
1996
|
|||
Government
|
Private
|
Government
|
Private
|
|
Total number of students
|
179 276
|
70 291
|
295 322
|
195 586
|
Number of schools
|
395
|
164
|
615
|
388
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medical staff
|
Number
|
Student/staff ratio
|
Number
|
Student/staff ratio
|
Physicians
|
83
|
2 160
|
87
|
3 400
|
Dentists
|
14
|
12 800
|
22
|
13 400
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nursing staff
|
Number
|
Student/staff ratio
|
Number
|
Student/staff ratio
|
Nurses
|
319
|
560
|
365
|
810
|
Health education
Table 17
School health services, by
district
Medical district
|
Ratios
|
Average number of visits per student
|
Number of students
|
Number of visits
|
||
Student/
clinic |
Student/
nurse |
Student/
physician |
||||
Abu Dhabi
|
588
|
678
|
2 058
|
1.07
|
61 479
|
65 811
|
Western Region
|
1 368
|
1 617
|
5 927
|
1.41
|
12 567
|
17 782
|
Al-Ain
|
511
|
585
|
2 223
|
0.75
|
58 972
|
44 452
|
Dubai
|
409
|
460
|
1 672
|
0.93
|
39 384
|
36 792
|
Sharjah
|
343
|
530
|
2 589
|
0.62
|
37 318
|
23 303
|
Ajman
|
286
|
404
|
2 342
|
0.61
|
19 065
|
11 710
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
423
|
423
|
1 451
|
1.37
|
7 394
|
10 160
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
456
|
730
|
2 129
|
0.76
|
33 522
|
25 545
|
Fujairah
|
651
|
1 378
|
7 807
|
1.16
|
20 211
|
23 420
|
Total
|
491
|
627
|
|
0.89
|
289 912
|
258 975
|
2. Private or non-governmental health institutions
− Proportion of the population enjoying access to clean water: 85.3 per cent (1994);
− Proportion of the population benefiting from sewage services: 90 per cent (1994);
− Studies undertaken to detect cases of malnutrition: anaemia, Al-Ain, 1994; obesity, 1997; anaemia, Abu Dhabi, 1998;
− Number of physicians per 10,000 of the population: 19.8;
− Average number of hospital beds per 10,000 of the population: 17.9;
− Number of primary health-care facilities per 10,000 of the population: 95.
D. The Ministry of Education and Youth
Table 18
Distribution of government schools,
by educational level and district, in the academic year 1996/97
Level District |
Kindergarten
|
Kindergarten + primary
|
Kindergarten + primary + preparatory
|
Kindergarten + primary + preparatory + secondary
|
Primary
|
Primary + preparatory
|
Primary + preparatory + secondary
|
Preparatory
|
Preparatory + secondary
|
Secondary
|
Religious education
|
Technical education |
Total |
||||
Industrial
|
Commercial
|
Agricultural
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
28
|
2
|
|
8
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
Females
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
28
|
3
|
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
49
|
||
Mixed
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
||
Total
|
10
|
1
|
|
1
|
56
|
5
|
|
14
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
107
|
||
Al-Ain
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
1
|
9
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
49
|
|
Females
|
|
1
|
|
9
|
17
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
46
|
||
Mixed
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
||
Total
|
11
|
1
|
|
9
|
40
|
5
|
11
|
11
|
10
|
6
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
106
|
||
Western Region
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
Females
|
|
|
|
3
|
9
|
|
3
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
||
Mixed
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
||
Total
|
6
|
|
|
3
|
17
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
46
|
||
Total for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
59
|
4
|
15
|
15
|
15
|
8
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
118
|
|
Females
|
|
2
|
|
13
|
54
|
7
|
5
|
11
|
13
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
114
|
||
Mixed
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
||
Total
|
27
|
2
|
|
13
|
113
|
11
|
20
|
26
|
28
|
17
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
259
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table 18 (continued)
Distribution of government schools, by educational level and district, in the academic year 1996/97 |
Level
District |
Kindergarten
|
Kindergarten + primary
|
Kindergarten + primary + preparatory
|
Kindergarten + primary + preparatory + secondary
|
Primary
|
Primary + preparatory
|
Primary + preparatory + secondary
|
Preparatory
|
Preparatory + secondary
|
Secondary
|
Religious education
|
Technical education |
Total |
||||
Industrial
|
Commercial
|
Agricultural
|
|||||||||||||||
Dubai
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
36
|
|
Females
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
16
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
||
Mixed
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
||
Total
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
|
33
|
3
|
4
|
13
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
81
|
||
Sharjah + Sharjah Office in the Eastern Region
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
|
1
|
|
|
47
|
|
Females
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
23
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
1
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
46
|
||
Mixed
|
10
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
||
Total
|
10
|
|
1
|
2
|
47
|
5
|
10
|
14
|
4
|
12
|
|
1
|
|
|
106
|
||
Ajman
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Females
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
||
Mixed
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
||
Total
|
6
|
|
|
|
14
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
36
|
||
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
Females
|
|
|
|
1
|
4
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
||
Mixed
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
||
Total
|
3
|
|
|
1
|
10
|
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
||
Fujairah
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
19
|
|
Females
|
|
1
|
|
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
||
Mixed
|
6
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
||
Total
|
6
|
1
|
|
|
18
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
45
|
||
Ras al-Khaimah
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
39
|
|
Females
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
15
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
||
Mixed
|
14
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
||
Total
|
14
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
31
|
9
|
11
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
89
|
||
Total
Area II |
Males
|
|
|
|
|
78
|
12
|
18
|
23
|
13
|
15
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
167
|
|
Females
|
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
73
|
10
|
17
|
19
|
10
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
159
|
||
Mixed
|
49
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
54
|
||
Total
|
49
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
153
|
23
|
36
|
42
|
23
|
35
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
380
|
||
Grand total
|
Males
|
|
|
|
|
137
|
16
|
33
|
38
|
28
|
23
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
285
|
|
Females
|
|
4
|
3
|
18
|
127
|
17
|
22
|
30
|
23
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
273
|
||
Mixed
|
76
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81
|
||
Total
|
76
|
5
|
3
|
18
|
266
|
34
|
56
|
68
|
51
|
52
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
639
|
Table 19
Overall data on government
education, by educational district,
in the academic year
1996/97
District
|
Schools
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Administrative, technical and teaching staff
|
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Males
|
48
|
1 034
|
29 880
|
2 123
|
|
Females
|
49
|
1 019
|
29 919
|
2 671
|
|
Mixed
|
10
|
116
|
|
|
|
Total
|
107
|
2 169
|
59 799
|
4 794
|
Al-Ain
|
Males
|
49
|
1 058
|
27 517
|
2 132
|
|
Females
|
46
|
1 022
|
28 056
|
2 525
|
|
Mixed
|
11
|
144
|
|
|
|
Total
|
106
|
2 224
|
55 573
|
4 657
|
Western region
|
Males
|
21
|
295
|
5 831
|
624
|
|
Females
|
19
|
296
|
5 779
|
739
|
|
Mixed
|
6
|
43
|
|
|
|
Total
|
46
|
634
|
11 610
|
1 363
|
Total for Area I
|
Males
|
118
|
2 387
|
63 228
|
4 879
|
(Emirate of
|
Females
|
114
|
2 337
|
63 754
|
5 935
|
Abu Dhabi)
|
Mixed
|
27
|
303
|
|
|
|
Total
|
259
|
5 027
|
126 982
|
10 814
|
Dubai
|
Males
|
36
|
656
|
19 099
|
1 263
|
|
Females
|
35
|
679
|
20 285
|
2 205
|
|
Mixed
|
10
|
115
|
|
|
|
Total
|
81
|
1 450
|
39 384
|
3 468
|
Sharjah
|
Males
|
47
|
854
|
25 281
|
1 715
|
|
Females
|
46
|
869
|
25 926
|
2 604
|
|
Mixed
|
13
|
142
|
|
|
|
Total
|
106
|
1 865
|
51 207
|
4 319
|
Ajman
|
Males
|
15
|
304
|
8 846
|
540
|
|
Females
|
15
|
315
|
9 242
|
938
|
|
Mixed
|
6
|
50
|
|
|
|
Total
|
36
|
669
|
18 088
|
1 478
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table 19 (continued)
Overall data on government education, by educational
district,
in the academic year 1996/97
|
|||||
District
|
Schools
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Administrative, technical and teaching staff
|
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
Males
|
11
|
144
|
3 630
|
292
|
|
Females
|
9
|
154
|
3 687
|
545
|
|
Mixed
|
3
|
27
|
|
|
|
Total
|
23
|
325
|
7 317
|
837
|
Fujairah
|
Males
|
19
|
372
|
10 692
|
765
|
|
Females
|
19
|
386
|
11 472
|
1 013
|
|
Mixed
|
7
|
77
|
|
|
|
Total
|
45
|
835
|
22 164
|
1 778
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
Males
|
39
|
651
|
17 950
|
1 325
|
|
Females
|
35
|
620
|
17 246
|
1 965
|
|
Mixed
|
15
|
125
|
|
|
|
Total
|
89
|
1 396
|
35 196
|
3 290
|
Total for Area II
|
Males
|
167
|
2 981
|
85 498
|
5 900
|
|
Females
|
159
|
3 023
|
87 858
|
9 270
|
|
Mixed
|
54
|
536
|
|
|
|
Total
|
380
|
6 540
|
173 356
|
15 170
|
Grand total
|
Males
|
285
|
5 368
|
148 726
|
10 779
|
|
Females
|
273
|
5 360
|
151 612
|
15 205
|
|
Mixed
|
81
|
839
|
|
|
|
Total
|
639
|
11 567
|
300 338
|
25 984
|
Kindergartens
between the sexes in regard to enrolment at kindergartens. The children were
distributed among 824 classes (an average of 23.4 children
per class).
The following table shows the distribution of kindergarten children, by gender
and nationality, in the academic year
1996/97.
Table 20
Kindergarten enrolment
Year
Gender
|
First
|
Second
|
Total
|
||||
Classes
|
Children
|
Classes
|
Children
|
Classes
|
Children
|
||
Male
|
Citizens
|
|
3 801
|
1
|
5 271
|
1
|
9 072
|
Non-citizens
|
|
265
|
|
318
|
|
583
|
|
Total
|
|
4 066
|
|
5 589
|
|
9 655
|
|
Female
|
Citizens
|
2
|
3 878
|
|
5 163
|
2
|
9 041
|
Non-citizens
|
|
271
|
|
312
|
|
583
|
|
Total
|
|
4 149
|
|
5 475
|
|
9 624
|
|
Mixed
|
|
351
|
|
470
|
|
821
|
|
Total
|
Citizens
|
353
|
7 679
|
471
|
10 434
|
824
|
18 113
|
Non-citizens
|
|
536
|
|
630
|
|
1 166
|
|
Total
|
|
8 215
|
|
11 064
|
|
19 279
|
The primary stage of education
Table
21
Primary school enrolment, by grade
Grade
Gender
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
Fifth
|
Sixth
|
Total
|
||||||||
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
||
Male
|
Citizens
|
486
|
7 696
|
489
|
7 999
|
499
|
8 215
|
501
|
8 791
|
499
|
8 740
|
493
|
8 301
|
2 967
|
49 742
|
Non-citizens
|
|
4 287
|
|
4 263
|
|
4 480
|
|
4 480
|
|
4 661
|
|
4 333
|
|
26 504
|
|
Total
|
|
11 983
|
|
12 262
|
|
12 695
|
|
13 271
|
|
13 401
|
|
12 634
|
|
76 246
|
|
Female
|
Citizens
|
494
|
7 959
|
502
|
8 227
|
498
|
8 035
|
490
|
8 401
|
495
|
8 392
|
477
|
8 366
|
2 956
|
49 380
|
Non-citizens
|
|
4 176
|
|
4 221
|
|
4 455
|
|
4 197
|
|
4 513
|
|
4 095
|
|
25 657
|
|
Total
|
|
12 135
|
|
12 448
|
|
12 490
|
|
12 598
|
|
12 905
|
|
12 461
|
|
75 037
|
|
Mixed
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
12
|
|
Total
|
Citizens
|
983
|
15 655
|
994
|
16 226
|
100
|
16 250
|
992
|
17 132
|
995
|
17 132
|
971
|
16 667
|
5 935
|
99 122
|
Non-citizens
|
|
8 463
|
|
8 484
|
|
8 935
|
|
9 174
|
|
9 174
|
|
8 428
|
|
52 161
|
|
Total
|
|
24 118
|
|
12 710
|
|
25 185
|
|
26 306
|
|
26 306
|
|
25 095
|
|
151 283
|
The preparatory stage of education
Table 22
Preparatory enrolment, by gender and
citizenship
Grade
Gender |
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
|||||
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
||
Male
|
Citizens
|
495
|
9 696
|
455
|
8 126
|
398
|
6 955
|
1 348
|
24 777
|
Non-citizens
|
|
4 649
|
|
4 528
|
|
4 173
|
|
13 350
|
|
Total
|
|
14 345
|
|
12 654
|
|
11 128
|
|
38 127
|
|
Female
|
Citizens
|
443
|
9 109
|
439
|
8 328
|
413
|
8 093
|
1 295
|
25 530
|
Non-citizens
|
|
4 156
|
|
4 437
|
|
3 923
|
|
12 516
|
|
Total
|
|
13 265
|
|
12 765
|
|
12 016
|
|
38 046
|
|
Mixed
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
Total
|
Citizens
|
939
|
18 805
|
895
|
16 454
|
812
|
15 048
|
2 646
|
50 307
|
Non-citizens
|
|
8 805
|
|
8 965
|
|
8 096
|
|
25 866
|
|
Total
|
|
27 610
|
|
25 419
|
|
23 144
|
|
76 173
|
Table 23
Students receiving religious
education
District
Stage and grade |
AlAin (Emirate of Abu Dhabi)
|
Dubai
|
Ajman
|
Total
|
||||||
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
|||
Primary
|
Sixth
|
Citizens
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
||
Total
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
||
Total
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
||
Table 23 (continued)
Students receiving religious education |
District
Stage and grade |
AlAin (Emirate of Abu Dhabi)
|
Dubai
|
Ajman
|
Total
|
||||||
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
Classes
|
Students
|
|||
Preparatory
|
First
|
Citizens
|
5
|
54
|
2
|
13
|
3
|
18
|
10
|
85
|
Non-citizens
|
|
82
|
|
13
|
|
73
|
|
168
|
||
Total
|
|
136
|
|
26
|
|
91
|
|
253
|
||
Second
|
Citizens
|
5
|
30
|
1
|
12
|
2
|
7
|
8
|
49
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
94
|
|
14
|
|
58
|
|
166
|
||
Total
|
|
124
|
|
26
|
|
65
|
|
215
|
||
Third
|
Citizens
|
4
|
21
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
13
|
7
|
36
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
83
|
|
15
|
|
40
|
|
138
|
||
Total
|
|
104
|
|
17
|
|
53
|
|
174
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
14
|
105
|
4
|
27
|
7
|
38
|
25
|
170
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
259
|
|
42
|
|
171
|
|
472
|
||
Total
|
|
364
|
|
69
|
|
209
|
|
642
|
Special education classes
Table 24
Special education (non-gifted), by gender and citizenship
Classes and students
Gender |
Number of classes |
Number of students
|
|||
Citizens
|
Non-citizens
|
Total
|
|||
Total Area IIa
|
Male
|
64
|
393
|
50
|
443
|
Female
|
54
|
295
|
52
|
347
|
|
Total
|
118
|
688
|
102
|
790
|
|
Total for the State
|
Male
|
101
|
578
|
110
|
688
|
Female
|
97
|
478
|
140
|
618
|
|
Total
|
198
|
1 056
|
250
|
1 306
|
a The Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates is divided into two departmental areas (Area I covering Abu Dhabi and the Western Region, and Area II covering Dubai and the northern Emirates).
− A Central Higher Committee has been established to formulate programmes and plans to promote the welfare of gifted students and encourage them to display their talents and capabilities through a series of activities and exhibitions at which they can win prizes and awards of merit;
− Their welfare is promoted through resource rooms, which are currently intended for students at the primary stage but will gradually be extended to all academic levels; and
− Psychological and social services are provided with a view to the early discovery and encouragement of gifted and outstanding students. Each case is monitored at the social and family levels and attempts are made to overcome any obstacles impeding the individual’s progress.
− To develop personal, intellectual, social and educational aptitudes;
− To develop scientific and artistic talents and aptitudes; and
− To integrate the students in school society.
Literacy and adult education
Table
25
Education in the State, distributed by level and educational
district, in the academic year 1996/97
Level and type
of education District |
Kindergarten
|
Primary
|
Preparatory
|
||||||||||
Male
|
Female
|
Mixed
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Mixed
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Mixed
|
Total
|
||
Ajman
|
Classes
|
|
|
50
|
50
|
168
|
176
|
|
344
|
73
|
73
|
|
146
|
|
Students
|
550
|
541
|
|
1 091
|
4 522
|
4 678
|
|
9 200
|
2 187
|
2 298
|
|
4 485
|
|
Teachers
|
|
75
|
|
75
|
193
|
391
|
|
584
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrators
|
|
14
|
|
14
|
21
|
64
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
Classes
|
|
|
27
|
27
|
82
|
84
|
|
166
|
34
|
36
|
|
70
|
|
Students
|
250
|
272
|
|
522
|
2 003
|
1 888
|
|
3 891
|
823
|
864
|
|
1 687
|
|
Teachers
|
|
43
|
|
43
|
110
|
218
|
|
328
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrators
|
|
11
|
|
11
|
16
|
43
|
|
59
|
|
|
|
|
Fujairah
|
Classes
|
|
|
77
|
77
|
220
|
220
|
|
440
|
86
|
88
|
|
174
|
|
Students
|
1 061
|
1 026
|
|
2 087
|
5 671
|
5 703
|
|
11 374
|
2 597
|
2 695
|
|
5 292
|
|
Teachers
|
|
102
|
|
102
|
360
|
387
|
|
747
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrators
|
|
16
|
|
16
|
43
|
41
|
|
84
|
|
|
|
|
Ras-al-Khaimah
|
Classes
|
|
|
125
|
125
|
357
|
336
|
|
693
|
163
|
152
|
|
315
|
|
Students
|
1 366
|
1303
|
|
2 669
|
9 151
|
8 209
|
|
17 360
|
4 537
|
4 419
|
|
8 956
|
|
Teachers
|
|
175
|
|
175
|
468
|
732
|
|
1 200
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrators
|
|
81
|
|
81
|
60
|
147
|
|
207
|
|
|
|
|
Area II
|
Classes
|
|
|
518
|
518
|
1 624
|
1 637
|
12
|
3 273
|
752
|
734
|
3
|
1 489
|
|
Students
|
6 197
|
6 022
|
|
12 219
|
42 738
|
42 178
|
|
84 916
|
21 911
|
22 104
|
|
44 015
|
|
Teachers
|
|
719
|
|
719
|
2 143
|
3 605
|
|
5 748
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrators
|
|
206
|
|
206
|
283
|
676
|
|
959
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
Classes
|
1
|
2
|
821
|
824
|
2 967
|
2 956
|
12
|
5 935
|
1 348
|
1 295
|
3
|
2 646
|
|
Students
|
9 655
|
9 624
|
|
19 279
|
76 246
|
75 037
|
|
151 283
|
38 127
|
38 046
|
|
76 173
|
|
Teachers
|
|
1 127
|
|
1 127
|
4 277
|
5 930
|
|
10 207
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrators
|
|
303
|
|
303
|
535
|
1 013
|
|
1 548
|
|
|
|
|
Table 25 (continued)
Education in the State, distributed by level and educational district, in the academic year 1996/97
Level and type
of education District |
Secondary
|
Religious
education |
Technical education
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Male
|
Female
|
Mixed
|
Total
|
(male)
|
Male
|
Female
|
Mixed
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Mixed
|
Total
|
||
Ajman
|
Classes
|
47
|
66
|
|
113
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
304
|
315
|
50
|
669
|
|
Students
|
1 192
|
1 725
|
|
2 917
|
395
|
|
|
|
|
8 846
|
9 242
|
|
18 088
|
|
Teachers
|
237
|
328
|
|
565
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
466
|
794
|
|
1 260
|
|
Administrators
|
46
|
66
|
|
112
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
74
|
144
|
|
218
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
Classes
|
28
|
34
|
|
62
|
|
|
|
|
|
144
|
154
|
27
|
325
|
|
Students
|
554
|
663
|
|
1 217
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 630
|
3 687
|
|
7 317
|
|
Teachers
|
137
|
180
|
|
317
|
|
|
|
|
|
247
|
441
|
|
688
|
|
Administrators
|
29
|
50
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
45
|
104
|
|
149
|
Fujairah
|
Classes
|
46
|
78
|
|
124
|
|
6
|
11
|
3
|
20
|
372
|
386
|
77
|
835
|
|
Students
|
996
|
2 048
|
|
3 044
|
|
75
|
236
|
56
|
368
|
10 692
|
11 472
|
|
22 164
|
|
Teachers
|
262
|
407
|
|
669
|
|
12
|
28
|
5
|
45
|
667
|
896
|
|
1 563
|
|
Administrators
|
50
|
60
|
|
110
|
|
|
5
|
|
5
|
98
|
117
|
|
215
|
Ras-al-Khaimah
|
Classes
|
119
|
132
|
|
251
|
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
12
|
651
|
620
|
125
|
1 396
|
|
Students
|
2 703
|
2 315
|
|
6 018
|
|
100
|
66
|
27
|
193
|
17 950
|
17 246
|
|
35 196
|
|
Teachers
|
591
|
673
|
|
1 264
|
|
29
|
8
|
11
|
48
|
1 107
|
1 580
|
|
2 687
|
|
Administrators
|
148
|
157
|
|
305
|
|
6
|
|
4
|
10
|
218
|
385
|
|
603
|
Area II
|
Classes
|
510
|
652
|
3
|
1 165
|
25
|
28
|
36
|
6
|
70
|
2 981
|
3 023
|
536
|
6 540
|
|
Students
|
12 733
|
17 554
|
|
30 287
|
531
|
591
|
714
|
83
|
1 388
|
85 498
|
87 858
|
|
173 356
|
|
Teachers
|
2 598
|
3 327
|
|
5 925
|
62
|
118
|
69
|
16
|
203
|
5 006
|
7 651
|
|
12 657
|
|
Administrators
|
567
|
737
|
|
1 304
|
12
|
19
|
9
|
4
|
32
|
894
|
1 619
|
|
2 513
|
Total
|
Classes
|
906
|
1 107
|
3
|
2 016
|
48
|
28
|
61
|
9
|
98
|
5 368
|
5 360
|
839
|
11 567
|
|
Students
|
21 653
|
28 905
|
|
50 558
|
1 120
|
591
|
119
|
142
|
1 925
|
148 726
|
151 612
|
|
300 338
|
|
Teachers
|
4 621
|
5 686
|
|
10 307
|
113
|
118
|
2
|
32
|
249
|
9 260
|
12 743
|
|
22 003
|
|
Administrators
|
928
|
1 146
|
|
2 074
|
19
|
19
|
9
|
9
|
37
|
1 519
|
2 462
|
|
3 981
|
Table 26
Distribution of
administrative, technical and teaching staff, by occupation and educational
level,
throughout the State in the academic year 1996/97
Description
Level and type of education
|
Administrative
|
Technical
|
Total administra-
tive + technical
|
Teaching staff
|
Total administra-
tive + technical + teaching staff
|
||||||||||
Principal
|
Assistant principal
|
Secretary
|
School supervisor
|
Storekeeper
|
Total
|
Sociologist
|
Laboratory technician
|
Librarian
|
Total
|
||||||
Kinder-garten
|
Female
|
Citizens
|
71
|
69
|
58
|
4
|
24
|
226
|
56
|
|
12
|
68
|
294
|
638
|
932
|
Non-citizens
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
9
|
489
|
498
|
||
Total
|
75
|
70
|
60
|
4
|
24
|
233
|
58
|
|
12
|
70
|
303
|
1 127
|
1 430
|
||
Primary
|
Male
|
Citizens
|
62
|
65
|
37
|
7
|
2
|
173
|
67
|
1
|
|
68
|
241
|
288
|
529
|
Non-citizens
|
48
|
36
|
78
|
1
|
|
163
|
90
|
39
|
2
|
131
|
294
|
3 989
|
4 283
|
||
Female
|
Citizens
|
154
|
154
|
180
|
85
|
60
|
633
|
239
|
32
|
70
|
341
|
974
|
2 818
|
3 792
|
|
Non-citizens
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
1
|
3
|
18
|
5
|
9
|
7
|
21
|
39
|
3 112
|
3 151
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
216
|
219
|
217
|
92
|
62
|
806
|
306
|
33
|
70
|
409
|
1 215
|
3 106
|
4 321
|
|
Non-citizens
|
53
|
38
|
85
|
2
|
3
|
181
|
95
|
48
|
9
|
152
|
333
|
7 101
|
7 434
|
||
Total
|
269
|
257
|
302
|
94
|
65
|
987
|
401
|
81
|
79
|
561
|
1 548
|
10 207
|
11 755
|
||
Preparatory and
secondary
|
Male
|
Citizens
|
70
|
82
|
41
|
24
|
1
|
218
|
78
|
|
8
|
86
|
304
|
248
|
552
|
Non-citizens
|
70
|
54
|
134
|
4
|
|
262
|
146
|
192
|
24
|
362
|
624
|
4 373
|
4 997
|
||
Female
|
Citizens
|
107
|
134
|
185
|
81
|
39
|
546
|
213
|
116
|
55
|
384
|
930
|
2 150
|
3 080
|
|
Non-citizens
|
34
|
14
|
21
|
|
7
|
76
|
23
|
98
|
19
|
140
|
216
|
3 536
|
3 752
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
177
|
216
|
226
|
105
|
40
|
764
|
291
|
116
|
63
|
470
|
1 234
|
2 398
|
3 632
|
|
Non-citizens
|
104
|
68
|
155
|
4
|
7
|
338
|
169
|
290
|
43
|
502
|
840
|
7 909
|
8 749
|
||
Total
|
281
|
568
|
381
|
109
|
47
|
1 102
|
460
|
406
|
106
|
972
|
2 074
|
10 307
|
12 381
|
Table 27
Distribution of administrative,
technical and teaching staff, by occupation and educational level,
in
the Abu Dhabi educational district in the academic year 1996/97
Description
Level and type of education
|
Administrative
|
Technical
|
Total administra-tive + technical
|
Teaching staff
|
Total administra-
tive + technical + teaching staff
|
||||||||||
Principal
|
Assistant principal
|
Secretary
|
School supervisor
|
Storekeeper
|
Total
|
Sociologist
|
Laboratory technician
|
Librarian
|
Total
|
||||||
Kinder-garten
|
Female
|
Citizens
|
10
|
8
|
10
|
|
|
28
|
11
|
|
2
|
13
|
41
|
80
|
121
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74
|
74
|
||
Total
|
10
|
8
|
10
|
|
|
28
|
11
|
|
2
|
13
|
41
|
154
|
195
|
||
Primary
|
Male
|
Citizens
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
|
10
|
7
|
|
|
7
|
17
|
34
|
51
|
Non-citizens
|
20
|
19
|
28
|
1
|
|
68
|
31
|
1
|
1
|
33
|
101
|
850
|
951
|
||
Female
|
Citizens
|
32
|
31
|
39
|
17
|
1
|
120
|
46
|
5
|
17
|
68
|
188
|
413
|
601
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
648
|
651
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
37
|
36
|
39
|
17
|
1
|
130
|
53
|
5
|
17
|
75
|
205
|
447
|
652
|
|
Non-citizens
|
20
|
19
|
28
|
1
|
|
68
|
31
|
1
|
4
|
36
|
104
|
1 498
|
1 602
|
||
Total
|
57
|
55
|
67
|
18
|
1
|
198
|
84
|
6
|
21
|
111
|
309
|
1 945
|
2 254
|
||
Preparatory and
secondary
|
Male
|
Citizens
|
4
|
9
|
|
2
|
|
15
|
6
|
|
|
6
|
21
|
59
|
80
|
Non-citizens
|
16
|
18
|
34
|
|
|
68
|
38
|
30
|
5
|
73
|
141
|
883
|
1 024
|
||
Female
|
Citizens
|
17
|
23
|
33
|
16
|
|
89
|
34
|
13
|
11
|
58
|
147
|
331
|
478
|
|
Non-citizens
|
3
|
|
2
|
|
|
5
|
3
|
29
|
3
|
35
|
40
|
706
|
746
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
21
|
32
|
33
|
18
|
|
104
|
40
|
13
|
11
|
64
|
168
|
390
|
558
|
|
Non-citizens
|
19
|
18
|
36
|
|
|
73
|
41
|
59
|
8
|
108
|
181
|
1 589
|
1 770
|
||
Total
|
40
|
50
|
69
|
18
|
|
177
|
81
|
72
|
19
|
172
|
349
|
1 979
|
2 328
|
Table 27 (continued)
Distribution of
administrative, technical and teaching staff, by occupation and educational
level,
in the Abu Dhabi educational district in the academic year
1996/97
Description
Level and type of education
|
Administrative
|
Technical
|
Total administra-
tive + technical
|
Teaching staff
|
Total administra-
tive + technical + teaching staff
|
||||||||||
Principal
|
Assistant principal
|
Secretary
|
School supervisor
|
Storekeeper
|
Total
|
Sociologist
|
Laboratory technician
|
Librarian
|
Total
|
||||||
Religious education
|
Males
|
Citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Technical education (males)
|
Industrial
|
Citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Commercial
|
Citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
8
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
9
|
||
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
17
|
||
Agricultural
|
Citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total
|
Males
|
Citizens
|
9
|
14
|
|
2
|
|
25
|
13
|
|
|
13
|
38
|
101
|
139
|
Non-citizens
|
36
|
37
|
62
|
1
|
|
136
|
69
|
31
|
6
|
106
|
242
|
1 742
|
1 984
|
||
Females
|
Citizens
|
59
|
62
|
82
|
33
|
1
|
237
|
91
|
18
|
30
|
139
|
376
|
824
|
1 200
|
|
Non-citizens
|
3
|
|
2
|
|
|
5
|
3
|
29
|
6
|
38
|
43
|
1 428
|
1 471
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
68
|
76
|
82
|
35
|
1
|
262
|
104
|
18
|
30
|
152
|
414
|
925
|
1 339
|
|
Non-citizens
|
39
|
37
|
64
|
1
|
|
141
|
72
|
60
|
12
|
144
|
285
|
3 170
|
3 455
|
||
Total
|
107
|
113
|
146
|
36
|
1
|
403
|
176
|
78
|
42
|
296
|
699
|
4 095
|
4 794
|
Table 28
Distribution of administrative,
technical and teaching staff, by occupation and educational
level,
throughout the State in the academic year 1996/97
Description
Level and type of education
|
Administrative
|
Technical
|
Total administra-
tive + technical
|
Teaching staff
|
Total administra-
tive + technical + teaching staff
|
||||||||||
Principal
|
Assistant principal
|
Secretary
|
School supervisor
|
Storekeeper
|
Total
|
Sociologist
|
Laboratory technician
|
Librarian
|
Total
|
||||||
Religious education
|
Males
|
Citizens
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
Non-citizens
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
10
|
16
|
109
|
125
|
||
Total
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
10
|
19
|
113
|
132
|
||
Technical education (males)
|
Industrial
|
Citizens
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
11
|
8
|
19
|
Non-citizens
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
8
|
110
|
118
|
||
Total
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
12
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
19
|
118
|
137
|
||
Commercial
|
Citizens
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
12
|
16
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
3
|
5
|
87
|
92
|
||
Total
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
|
3
|
9
|
99
|
108
|
||
Agricultural
|
Citizens
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
3
|
4
|
30
|
34
|
||
Total
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
|
4
|
9
|
32
|
41
|
||
Total
|
Males
|
Citizens
|
141
|
153
|
80
|
32
|
6
|
412
|
147
|
1
|
8
|
156
|
568
|
562
|
1 130
|
Non-citizens
|
119
|
93
|
219
|
5
|
|
436
|
245
|
242
|
28
|
515
|
951
|
8 698
|
9 649
|
||
Females
|
Citizens
|
332
|
357
|
423
|
170
|
123
|
1 405
|
508
|
148
|
137
|
793
|
2 198
|
5 606
|
7 804
|
|
Non-citizens
|
43
|
17
|
30
|
1
|
10
|
101
|
30
|
107
|
26
|
163
|
264
|
7 137
|
7 401
|
||
Total
|
Citizens
|
473
|
510
|
503
|
202
|
129
|
1 817
|
655
|
149
|
145
|
949
|
2 766
|
6 168
|
8 934
|
|
Non-citizens
|
162
|
110
|
249
|
6
|
10
|
537
|
275
|
349
|
54
|
678
|
1 215
|
15 835
|
17 050
|
||
Total
|
635
|
620
|
752
|
208
|
139
|
2 354
|
930
|
498
|
199
|
1 627
|
3 981
|
22 003
|
25 984
|
Table 29
Number of administrative and
teaching staff seconded by women’s associations
and other bodies
in the academic year 1996/97
Seconded by
District |
Women’s associations
|
Other bodies
|
|||||
Administrators
|
Teachers
|
Total
|
Males
|
Females
|
|||
Emirate of Sharjah
|
Citizens
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
|
Ajman
|
Citizens
|
6
|
15
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
9
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
6
|
24
|
30
|
|
|
|
Umm al-Qaiwain
|
Citizens
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
2
|
28
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
4
|
30
|
34
|
|
|
|
Fujairah
|
Citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ras al-Khaimah
|
Citizens
|
|
9
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
|
Total Area II
|
Citizens
|
12
|
55
|
67
|
|
1
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
2
|
56
|
58
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
Total
|
14
|
111
|
125
|
2
|
3
|
|
Grand total
|
Citizens
|
42
|
107
|
149
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
Non-citizens
|
10
|
245
|
255
|
28
|
11
|
|
|
Total
|
52
|
352
|
404
|
30
|
15
|
E. The Ministry of Information and Culture
− Responsibility for all aspects of federal information, including radio, television, the press, publications and announcements;
− Coordination of information policy among the Emirates in a manner consistent with the general policy of the Federation;
− Coordination of close collaboration among the member Emirates with a view to the promotion and development of tourism; and
− Any other functions assigned to the Ministry in any other legislation.
− Children have 28 television programmes per week, which account for 8.5 per cent of the total number of programmes;
− The total number of television broadcasting hours amounts to 680 per week, of which 14 are intended for children (six hours for children under five and eight hours for children over 5 years of age); and
− There are 200 television sets for every 1,000 persons.
Television
Radio
The press and publications
Institutions for the promotion of culture and
the
development of children’s talents
− To develop the latent capacities and abilities of children and give them an opportunity to express them and turn them into creative instruments;
− To utilize the valuable leisure time of the nation’s children in a manner more beneficial to them and to it;
− To establish a solid foundation of patriotism in the hearts and minds of children;
− To build a protective shield for the nation from the ingenuity and innovative talents of its outstanding children; and
− To provide an exemplary means to ensure the protection and welfare of children.
(a) Coordinating its planning and implementation
activities with other cultural institutions and centres concerned with
children’s
affairs in the State and abroad;
and
(b) Availing itself of the services of highly competent
persons in various fields of activity.
Activities
Courses held at the centre
Table 30
Courses at the Children’s
Centre
Activity
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
Total
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koran recitation and memorization
|
-
|
80
|
-
|
-
|
146
|
221
|
113
|
560
|
Painting
|
-
|
294
|
338
|
-
|
600
|
548
|
511
|
191
|
Arabic calligraphy
|
131
|
260
|
631
|
264
|
133
|
446
|
434
|
2 299
|
Chess
|
-
|
68
|
70
|
-
|
373
|
100
|
-
|
611
|
Music
|
-
|
35
|
80
|
-
|
-
|
72
|
236
|
423
|
Computer science
|
289
|
380
|
380
|
676
|
827
|
1 004
|
318
|
3 874
|
Theatre
|
-
|
41
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
41
|
Ballet
|
-
|
-
|
74
|
19
|
81
|
47
|
128
|
349
|
Piano
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
17
|
20
|
22
|
9
|
87
|
Journalism
|
-
|
19
|
-
|
-
|
18
|
16
|
17
|
70
|
Art work
|
-
|
60
|
134
|
25
|
90
|
-
|
-
|
309
|
Photography
|
-
|
19
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
38
|
Total
|
420
|
1 312
|
1 598
|
949
|
2 118
|
2 419
|
1 785
|
10 601
|
1. Participation by children in decision-making
(a) Questions of domestic and environmental
security and safety:
− Violence against children;
− Ignorance of the Traffic Code;
− The absence of endeavours to make families more aware of the risk of accidents in the home;
(b) Social, information and
educational questions:
− Foreign female servants;
− Satellite broadcasts;
− The school satchel;
(c) Health
issues:
− Ongoing monitoring of children’s health;
− Diseases of the respiratory system and dental hygiene; and
− Publication of vital statistics.
− To provide appropriate equipment and treatment for emergency cases at school clinics;
− To accord priority to children at specialized dental, ENT and other clinics;
− To include a dental treatment unit as part of the school health system;
− To establish appropriately equipped children’s clinics in remote areas; and
− To promulgate laws and legislation to ensure that the requirements for children’s safety are met.
− Social security for children (the question of the effects of immigrant labour);
− Information security (violence in the information media);
− Traffic safety and criminal security (school bus accidents and assaults on children);
− Educational security (beatings at school, air conditioning, school satchels); and
− Health security (itinerant salesmen, private clinics).
− Information: Media programmes for children, and particularly those which have an adverse impact on Islamic religious principles and time-honoured Arab traditions, should be monitored. The need to establish a children’s television channel was also repeatedly emphasized;
− Education: School buildings and equipment should be properly maintained in order to ensure that they meet the safety requirements. School buses should also meet the safety requirements and a supervisor should be assigned to keep their student passengers under surveillance;
− Health: Emphasis was placed on the need for stricter control of itinerant salesmen, who should be prohibited from selling their goods in the vicinity of schools in order to protect children from the dangers posed by foodstuffs that fail to meet health standards; and
− Traffic safety: In accordance with the recommendations of the first Parliament, public awareness campaigns had actually been conducted, in collaboration with the school administrative authorities, to ensure the safety of children.
2. Training of the staff of children’s institutions
The children’s literary workshop
− The documents of the Children’s Literary Workshop concerning local folk tales should be printed;
− An annual children’s literary workshop should be organized for children with creative talents;
− A Children’s Theatre, comprising a drama group and a puppet group, should be established;
− The Ministry of Education was invited to encourage school theatrical activities at all educational levels; and
− A bibliography of books written for Arab children should be published.
The puppet and shadow theatre workshop
through the preparation and staging of theatrical performances based on
carefully selected folk tales, and to attempt to form a specialized
group to
present good-quality theatrical and folklore educational programmes for
children.
− Regular puppet theatre shows should be arranged through the workshops and other ongoing activities organized by the Council;
− A special puppet theatre should be established at the Children’s Cultural Centres, for the first time in the Gulf region, in order to benefit from the potential capacities of their staff to stage good performances; and
− The script of the puppet play “Bird of Good Omen”, a popular UAE folk tale which was presented as the keynote on the workshop’s agenda, should be printed and a video cassette of the performance should be prepared for distribution.
The children’s book-cover workshop
− Supervisors and activity leaders at Children’s Cultural Centres;
− The staff of kindergartens and of the Curricula and Textbook Department and the Libraries Department of the Ministry of Education;
− The Sharjah Educational District;
− The Library Division of the Sharjah Department of Culture and Information; and
− The Young Policeman magazine produced by the Sharjah police.
The children’s library workshop
The children’s scientific laboratories workshop
3. Child welfare and development
− A programme to teach the basic principles of computer science and operating systems, in addition to some games and graphic exercises;
− An advanced programme in which children with more highly developed computer skills carry out projects such as the preparation of activity magazines, congratulatory cards, tables and simple programmes; and
− Preparation of courses at the Scientific Museum, where some weeks are dedicated to educational games.
4. Survey of the situation of children at Sharjah
The private sector
Women’s Development Association; The Umm al-Mu’minin
Women’s Association at Ajman; the Umm al-Qaiwain Women’s
Association; and the Ras al-Khaimah Women’s Development
Association.
− Promotion of social and health awareness and education among women, regardless of whether they are wives, mothers or young girls, so that their children can subsequently derive direct benefit therefrom;
− Support for women’s activities and adult education and literacy programmes in order to enable women to play their role in the family and in society as a whole;
− Encouragement of breastfeeding;
− Family counselling in order to make mothers more aware of the importance of the stage of childhood; and
− Cooperation with all the bodies concerned with a view to curbing the phenomenon of reliance on foreign nursemaids, which has adverse effects on the health and psychological upbringing of children, and urging mothers to play their natural role in the family.
Humanitarian associations
− Improvement of the standard of living of poor families by helping them to acquire simple means of production;
− Promotion of the welfare of children by establishing kindergartens, paying the cost of education and school satchels, catering for the needs of orphans and organizing summer programmes to occupy the leisure time of children;
− Provision of social aid for needy families through direct cash and in-kind assistance and the family sponsoring programme; and
− Provision of training for some families in order to turn them into productive units through courses in tailoring, dressmaking and other crafts.
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