{"id":22099,"date":"2020-02-13T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=22099"},"modified":"2020-02-13T10:06:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T06:06:36","slug":"school-fees-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/school-fees-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Reportedly LOCKED In A Dubai School Gym Over Unpaid Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This sounds like a bad dream for a parent who&#8217;s struggling to pay school fees.<\/p>\n<p>Several students were reportedly locked in a school gymnasium over unpaid fees in Dubai this week.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils who were not locked in the gym, but were made aware of the incident immediately began a call-to-action protest. They chanted &#8216;release our friends&#8217;, the footage of this has been widely shared.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai Police were contacted on Tuesday evening and were seen dealing with the incident at the Al Qusais school.<\/p>\n<h2>Students at the school protested the lock-in and the alarm was raised<\/h2>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZtwcjtRh2hw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Dubai Police and the KHDA are aware of the incident<\/h2>\n<p>Dubai Police were dispatched to the scene as soon as an alert was raised. Reports claim the students were locked in the gym because they didn&#8217;t pay fees. 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