His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research that 73.4% of high school graduates for the academic year (2014-2015) enrolled in government and private educational institutions in the State, totaling 12,894 male and female students, of whom 3618 are male citizens, and 9276 female citizens of a total of 17, 560 citizens eligible to enroll in higher education, while 4666 students did not enroll in higher education institutions.
His Excellency the Minister added in a quote to the “Emirates today” newspaper, that the number of students enrolled in government and private universities in the first semester (September 2014) reached 10,542 citizens, including, 1431male students and 9111 female students, pointing out that the second semester of last year saw a decline, due to male student joining the (national service), with a total of 2352 citizens, of which 2187 are male students and 165 female students.
His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan clarified that in the first semester of the current academic year, the number of male students has returned to its previous rate, after rejoining higher education institutions, but the number is still less because of the lack of data on student enrolment in the second semester, and joining the (national service), compared to previous years.
His Excellency pointed out that those eligible for entry into government and private universities reached 15,615 male and female students, during the first quarter of this year, while the universities received 9203 of them, with 8151in government universities and1052 in private universities.
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research stated the support of his Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, to the cultural renaissance taking place in the State, and continued support for higher education and scientific research.