Exhibitor Zone
Market Overview
As student enrolments continue to increase, the overall education spend in the UAE has witnessed an astounding rise from $1.83 million in 2004 to $3.4 million in 2010, making it the second largest spender amongst the GCC countries. *
Al Ain boasts one of the largest education zones in the country. According to the Abu Dhabi Education Council, there a total of 188 public and private schools in Al Ain and is attended by over 100,391 students. Currently, the number of Cycle 3 or secondary school students is over 18,000. **
This represents an enormous student recruitment opportunity and the Al Ain Education & Career Fair is the ideal exhibition for educational institutions interested in meeting students from this highly lucrative and untapped region.
The government of UAE are relentlessly devising strategies to reduce the rate of unemployment amongst UAE nationals which currently stands at 13%* through various schemes, incentives and more recently, the setting up of Khalifa Fund for Emiratisation Empowerment that will provide financial benefits to private sectors that are keen to hire Emiratis.
Al Ain boasts the highest population of UAE nationals of all the emirates and with over 23,000 UAE national students enrolled in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain federal universities and a further 6,000 in private universities**, there is a vast pool of talented Emirati potential that can be sourced to meet your Emiratisation needs.
Who Should Exhibit?
- Government entities from all sectors that support Emiratisation
- Companies interested in meeting qualified UAE nationals
- Universities/Colleges interested in meeting potential students
- Training institutes
*http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/uae_unemployed_youth/youth_unemployment
**http://www.arabiancampus.com/studyinuae/edusys.html