Emirates Today, in cooperation with the Dubai 10X Initiative and Dubai Future Foundation, publishes the most prominent projects participating in the initiative, which was directed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to all government agencies in Dubai To apply today what the cities of the world will apply after 10 years, Dubai 10X seeks, in cooperation with the relevant authorities in the Dubai government, to adopt new models for future governments, by bringing about a comprehensive change in the governmental work system, and setting future plans that restore the government’s role in serving societies and making the future.

The Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority participated in the Dubai 10X initiative in the Rahal project, which involves schools, students and their families, in building the educational system, as well as it gives students an opportunity to learn anywhere and anytime, raises the efficiency of the educational system in general, and turns the world into A large classroom that allows learners to acquire academic and life skills, and is a platform that helps integrate education with life.

Rahal represents a future experience for the educational system in the Emirate of Dubai, as it provides a flexible platform for innovation, which creates diverse educational opportunities for learners anywhere and anytime by enabling schools, students and their families to build the most appropriate educational system according to their needs and keep pace with the pace of technological acceleration.

Rahal provides several creative solutions that are not required for students to attend schools at various stages, which gives students ’families the opportunity to provide alternative education opportunities for their children outside the school halls. Students are registered within the“ Rahal system ”at the request of their families and the approval of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority , So that students get recognized study hours without the necessary need to attend school, so the system gives more options for students and their families, and makes the world a large study hall that allows learners to acquire academic and life skills.

Although the current education system does not recognize the life skills acquired, there are thousands of students and their families who see that providing an alternative education system that enables students to prepare for life testing instead of exam life, and provides a platform that allows children and learners in general to find opportunities for education and development outside the traditional framework, and there is also A number of experiences applied in Dubai within the Rahal project, in cooperation with schools, parents of students and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai. Rahal is linked to three sub-indicators of competitiveness in three main indicators, which is a strategy that simulates the skills and knowledge of the 21st century within the automation readiness index and the educational system index, within the international competitiveness index and the perception index on children's learning in society within the welfare index.

The first focuses on developing a future vision for the educational system by developing a strategy led by the relevant government agencies to develop knowledge and life skills for students, with the aim of upgrading the ranking of the UAE with the implementation of a project to the first centers. The educational system for the needs of a competitive economy within the International Competitiveness Report.

Rahal falls under the Dubai 10X initiative, one of the Dubai Foundation’s future initiatives aimed at developing joint government services in which Dubai precedes the cities of the world by 10 years within two years, and Rahal adopts a simple message that the entire world is a semester replete with various types and various methods of learning. . Rahal is the engine that enables any individual or organization to become a provider of learning according to clear requirements and goals, and to transform everyone into lifelong learners.

Rahal focuses on preparing students for life exams, not exam life, and it allows educational institutions and service providers to provide various services to expand knowledge and perceptions, in addition to that all educational opportunities within the project are approved and approved by Dubai Knowledge and Human Development Authority.

Target

Rahal project works to enhance educational opportunities for all members of society, whether they are children or adults, and will support learners with determination, talented students and people with special abilities; it also provides various options for students ’families in the course of educating their children; while providing adults with flexibility In education they can be used to enhance their careers or enrich their lives.

Challenges:

The current traditional teaching method is based on a model dating back to the industrial era 300 years ago.

There are 194 schools in Dubai that teach 17 different curricula.

The current educational system does not adopt or acknowledge the different abilities of children.

Schools generally do not currently pay any attention to the students ’extensive hobbies and interests.

- Formal education is time-bound, subject-specific, and dependent on the school.

Features:

The Rahal project provides an innovative, creative solution to education, highlighting the best in society, and recognizing education wherever it is, which is a platform that helps integrate education with life.

The project aims to enable students to study in regular schools, in addition to partly monitoring elsewhere in the community, within an innovative system, which includes evaluation methods, and allows students and learners to search for opportunities to learn and benefit from them, in addition to recognizing all skills and knowledge, regardless of how they are acquired And enabling students to acquire and recognize life skills on an equal footing with academic skills, which in turn leads to the consolidation of Dubai's regional and international leadership in improving education.

The project focuses on preparing students for life tests, not life.

Rahal provides a platform that allows learners to find educational and development opportunities outside the traditional framework.