Child discontinued from school
Hi yall!
I'm writing this for a friend. So yesterday my friend suddenly got a call from her daughter's school administration saying that her daughter will be discontinued from school starting next week due to change in UAE law and that the school will be fined if they don't do that.
Her daughter is 3 years old and school says she needs to be 4 to start school according to new UAE law.
The problem here is her daughter's admission was confirmed in October 2025 for April 2026 intake and no information about any such discontinuation was given to them.
In March they were required to pay three months fees in advance, which they did (along with a hell lot of other fees like admission fees, activity fees ,etc. ) and also bought uniforms, books and basically everything required. She literally has been attending school from April to May.
School says fees cannot be refunded and aren't willing to discuss any other solutions. Is there anything that can be done about this? Can KHDA help? They are quite a low income family with very humble roots so this is quite a blow to their finances. Is there any way they can be helped?