Parental Motivations for Homeschooling in the United Arab Emirates

Homeschooling in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is relatively new, and empirical literature on the nature and outcomes of this approach is very limited. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring parents’ motivations in the UAE to homeschool their children. The study used a cross-sectional survey design. Ninety-seven homeschooling parents from 27 nationalities across the UAE completed the survey. Descriptive data analysis provided insight about homeschooling families’ and the reasons for homeschooling in the UAE. The results show that the main reasons parents in the UAE homeschool their children are (1) the desire to strengthen family bonds, (2) concerns over the school environment, (3) dissatisfaction with academic instruction, and (4) the desire to provide moral instruction with religious foundations.