The Ministry of Community Development relied on a technique called "gamification" to employ the capabilities of the child and develop it at the same time, as it launched an application that is a game available within the digital government platform for the child, which gives the child the opportunity to participate in his opinion on various issues through playing, engaging in community service and contributing In support of government action.
According to the Ministry, gamification techniques, including elements of toys and digital design techniques for games, contribute to achieving goals and solving problems in other fields outside the context of games, such as education, economics, health, community development, security, and transportation, by displaying models and scenarios in the game that reflect reality, so that the child crosses While playing about it, his views and contribution.
The game is known as UAE kid X, and it has five basic benefits that include developing the child's cognitive and cultural skills, educating the child with government information, enhancing his sense of initiative and positivity, preparing generations for the future with your awareness and development abilities, in addition to enhancing the child's ambition for leadership and happiness.
The Ministry launched the digital government platform for the child, in cooperation with the General Authority for Regulating the Communications Sector, which provides an interactive digital environment targeting children and adolescents, and is based on the employment of games and virtual reality technologies to put them in a knowledge environment that allows them to participate in the community, and learn a lot about government agencies in the UAE and the services they provide .
The platform aims to encourage children to engage in developmental government work at an early age, and express their views on services, solutions and websites of government agencies, which will contribute to the formation of a generation that can deal with smart government and smart cities.
The platform is based on engaging children in educational challenges and adventures to introduce them to government institutions and the services that the government provides to society, and at the same time urges them to be positive and help members of society in reaching those agencies and services, thus creating a generation that understands its duties, knows its government, and contributes to achieving happiness in Combined.
The idea of the platform also takes into account the rights of the child stipulated in a law and permanent, especially their right to obtain information that brings knowledge and benefit to them, and introduces them in recreational steps aimed at the government's accomplishments, in a way that enables them to self-benefit and informational by default practices, and opens wide windows for them to look to the future.
Earlier this year, the game won the fifth place in the adventure category in the Apple App Store, and the platform and the game can be accessed through the website of the Ministry of Community Development, and the platform is also available through smart applications through the Apple and Google Play stores.
Early detection of developmental delay
The Ministry of Community Development has launched a number of smart applications that contribute to the development and employment of children's capabilities, including children of determination, such as the smart “growth” application that helps early detection of any developmental delays in children, and thus the speed of conversion at an early stage of life into services Appropriate early intervention, in order to reduce any gaps between the actual capabilities of the child and the equivalent for other children of the same age. It also launched the "Connect" application, which helps build a way to communicate with autistic children and children who have problems communicating with the environment around them, and to increase their interaction with the people around them, by using pictures.