The Digital School, one of Mohammed bin Rashid’s global initiatives, launched a new phase of partnership with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, through which it aims to enable 100,000 students with advanced digital educational services and methodologies within 3 years, in a step that enhances efforts to expand the circle of benefiting from the solutions that… The digital school provides it to students around the world.
The inauguration of the new phase of the partnership came through a memorandum of understanding signed by His Excellency Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Digital School, and His Excellency Alan Hama Saeed Saleh, Minister of Education in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, in the presence of Ahmed Al Dhaheri, Consul. General of the UAE to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Shailan Khalil Junaid, Director General of Educational Planning at the Ministry of Education in the region, and Dr. Walid Al Ali, Secretary General of the Digital School.
During the new phase, which is supported by Dubai Cares, work will be done to reach 100,000 students and beneficiaries, train 1,500 digital teachers, develop a digital education platform in the Kurdish language, improve the region’s official educational curriculum, transform it into interactive digital content for students, and prepare 100 students. Of digital education spaces within 50 schools, and contributing to providing digital education tools, which include more than 1,650 computers and visual displays.
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama stressed that the directives of the UAE leadership focus on strengthening cooperation with world governments and intensifying efforts to provide the best educational options for students, providing them with digital skills and modern technologies, and enhancing their future opportunities system, and that the launch of the new phase of the partnership between the digital school and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, comes to build… On the successes of the first phase, which was launched in January 2022, leading to achieving distinguished achievements on the path to constructive and fruitful cooperation in various fields, stressing the keenness of the two governments to continue expanding the partnership frameworks and moving them to new horizons.
His Excellency said that empowering students in Iraqi Kurdistan with advanced and future education opportunities represents a fundamental goal of the partnership between the two sides, within comprehensive partnership projects that the digital school seeks to strengthen to support the dissemination of digital education models and enhance the quality and outcomes of education in the Iraqi Kurdistan region to keep pace with the rapid changes that are taking place. witnessed by the education sector in the world.
For his part, His Excellency Alan Hama Saeed Saleh said that enabling Kurdistan students to have a comprehensive future education experience that focuses on skills development and continuous learning represents the focus of the partnership with the digital school in the UAE, and a goal of the continuous work between the two sides to provide digital education solutions for about 100,000 students. .
He added: “The partnership with the digital school has achieved important achievements that we look forward to developing, building on and benefiting from in establishing a future digital educational system that enables students and new generations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq with the necessary skills to keep pace with the challenges of the future,” appreciating the great positive role of the digital school’s initiatives in developing the education sector. In Iraqi Kurdistan.
In the same context, Dr. Tariq Mohammed Al Gurg, CEO and Vice Chairman of Dubai Cares, said: “The launch of the digital school program in the Kurdistan region of Iraq represents another milestone in our commitment to providing sound education and disseminating digital skills among children and youth.”
Al Gurg continued: “By embracing technology in education, we are paving the way towards a brighter and more prosperous future, where children and youth are empowered to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world. This program also embodies our commitment to fostering an inclusive learning environment and providing opportunities for the next generation to unleash their potential.” “With the aim of enabling them to achieve academic excellence, achieve their aspirations, and contribute positively inside and outside their communities.”
It is worth noting that the first phase of the partnership between the digital school and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which was launched in January 2022, witnessed the implementation of a number of digital education programs, teacher training, and the equipping of digital education centers, which included more than 14 schools and about 4,400 students, during which devices were distributed. Electronic, and holding training courses for teachers, organized by the Digital School in cooperation with the American University of Arizona.
The “Digital School”, which was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “may God protect him”, in November 2020 within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, is the first integrated digital school of its kind, and aims to… To empower students with digital learning options in areas where the conditions or capabilities that students need to continue their education are not available, it also provides a qualitative option for blended and distance learning, in a smart and flexible way, targeting the less fortunate societal groups.
The digital school adopts a comprehensive approach to digital transformation in education, which is based on expanding educational opportunities through digital learning options, especially in remote and developing areas where appropriate conditions for learning are not available. The digital school continues to expand, as it has included more than 160,000 beneficiary students, and provides its services in more than From 13 countries.
It has trained more than 2,500 digital teachers, while the educational and training content is provided in four languages: Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
