UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

After creation of the UAE in 1971 there was a considerable expansion of state educational institutions. In section 17 of the Constitution it is said that the fundamental value for development of society has education and has to be obligatory at the initial level and free at all levels. The uniform, books, the equipment and transport are also free. In the first years of existence of the UAE education took the second place only in defense in the federal budget which proceeds and today.

The United Arab Emirates, federation of seven emirates along east coast of Arabian Peninsula. The largest of these emirates of Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi) which makes more than three quarters of total area of sushi is the center of oil industry and borders on Saudi Arabia on the southern and eastern frontiers of federation.

The port city of Dubai located on the basis of the mountain peninsula of Musandam is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai (Dubai) and Adzhman is one of the most important commercial and financial centers of the region in which there are hundreds of multinational corporations in the wood of skyscrapers, the Smaller Emirates of Al-Sharikh (Sharjah), "Ummahs al-Kayveyn" and "Ra al-Hayma" also occupy the peninsula which ledges on the North towards Iran form the Strait of Hormuz connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman. The seventh federated member, Al-Fudzhayra, faces the Gulf of Oman and is the only member of the union who doesn't have a facade along the Persian Gulf.

Historically it developed so that area of separate Arab clans and families, the region which part emirates are now also is under the influence of the Persian culture because of its direct proximity to Iran, and its porous sea borders throughout centuries invited migrants and dealers from other countries. In the 18th century Portugal and the Netherlands expanded the stocks in the region, but receded with growth of the British naval power; after a series of truce with Great Britain in the 19th century emirates united to create the real states (which are also called by "Trucial Oman" or "Trucial Sheikhdoms").

The states received autonomy after World War II (1939-45) when the true states of Bahrain and Qatar announced independent statehood. The others were formally integrated in 1971, and the city of Abu Dhabi served as the capital. Since then stability of federation was checked by rivalry between the families operating larger states of Abu-Babi and Dubai though external events, such as war in the Persian Gulf (1990-1991) and the continuing territorial dispute with Iran, promoted strengthening political unity of emirates.