New Article: Investing in Private Education in the Gulf

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An article in Knowledge@Wharton notes that according to a new study by Booz & Company, "paid annual tuition fees for private schools in the Arab Gulf will more than triple to almost US$17 billion by 2020." The study indicates that more students will enroll in the region’s private education sector because of impending population increases and a perceived lack of quality in government schools. A recent report by the Institute of International Education and the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies emphasizes the recent population increases, noting that "there are now 7.6 million higher education students in the region, up from 2.9 million a decade ago. In that same period, the number of universities in the region grew from 174 to 467 today."

To read the full article, please visit: http://knowledgetoday.wharton.upenn.edu/2011/12/investing-in-private-education-in-the-gulf/