A total of 99 students from 16 schools have benefited from the 'Nasij' community initiative, run by the International Protection Council at the Dubai Police General Command, during 2025. The parental satisfaction rate with the initiative reached 95%, a figure that reflects its impact in supporting students, correcting negative behaviour, and promoting a safe school environment in Dubai.
Brigadier Dr. Abdulrahman Sharaf Al Maamari, Director of the Himaya Centre under the Dubai Police Anti-Narcotics Department, confirmed that the 'Nasij' initiative represents a comprehensive and creative response to proactively addressing negative problems and violations among school students. It does so by correcting unwanted behaviours and rehabilitating offending students without subjecting them to legal accountability or filing criminal reports against them, thereby preserving their futures and giving them a genuine opportunity for positive change.
He explained that the programme, launched by Dubai Police, has achieved positive results in managing students who commit minor violations, noting that since its launch the initiative has contributed to the reformation and rehabilitation of targeted students and the strengthening of their discipline through educational, security, and rehabilitative programmes designed on scientific foundations that take into account the type and severity of the violation.
He added that the 'Nasij' initiative serves as an alternative to the criminal track and is built on two main components: the first is proactive, aimed at monitoring negative behaviours before they escalate; and the second is corrective, targeting students who commit minor violations. Under this component, students undergo a programme that resembles, in some respects, what students at the Police Academy receive in terms of discipline, self-reliance, and responsibility.
He noted that participating students learn self-reliance throughout the programme, alongside adherence to instructions and daily discipline, giving them the opportunity to reform and rebuild positive behaviour.
He pointed out that the programme includes awareness lectures and curricula, sports and police training, and courses that enhance students' individual and creative skills, motivating them to commit to discipline and develop a sense of responsibility towards the community.
He said: "'Nasij' focuses on 5 main objectives. The first is providing a safe educational environment. The second is prevention and reducing negative phenomena within schools through programmes based on early awareness that limit the spread of such phenomena among students. The third objective is promoting positive behaviour and conduct."
The fourth objective focuses on building sustainable partnerships with the various parties connected to the student, foremost among them the family, teachers, government entities, and the local community. The fifth objective is the development of rehabilitative and guidance programmes built on educational and scientific foundations that motivate the student towards academic excellence and behavioural discipline.
He explained that the 'Nasij' strategy relies on 3 main pillars: 'Proactiveness', 'Correction', and 'Reinforcement'. The first pillar involves forecasting future behaviours that contradict values, monitoring global variables and studying and analysing them, and creating awareness programmes to instil positive behaviours and sustain them.
The 'Correction' pillar comprises a set of planned educational and corrective programmes tailored according to the type and severity of the violation, with the aim of bringing about a positive change in the offending student's behaviour. Meanwhile, the 'Reinforcement' pillar focuses on supporting positive behaviours that entrench the values and principles of positive citizenship, by spreading sound practices among students, honouring them, and incentivising those who excel.