Finally, the Ministry of Education launched five specialized academies, namely the Aircraft Maintenance Academy, "Health Sciences", "Agricultural Sciences", "Creative Arts" and "Sports Sciences".
The Academy of Food Science and Control is scheduled to open next September, bringing the total of accredited academies to six.
She pointed out that these academies guarantee the provision of national competencies in important specializations related to the country's agenda and future plans that are concerned with the quality of educational outcomes.
The Ministry said, in statements to «Emirates Today», that 1397 students enrolled in the current academies for the academic year 2019-2020, stressing that its plan aims to raise the number of students enrolled in academies, to reach 4,500 students within three years.
The Ministry affirmed that the academies support their educational vision and plans, which aim to prepare exceptional generations capable of meeting the needs of the state in a number of vital specialties, and diversifying specialized learning paths to enable students of contemporary skills.
The Ministry opened the «Aircraft Maintenance» Academy, with the beginning of the second semester of this year, within the Emirates school system, and the academy targets the third cycle students from the ninth grade to the 12th grade, to provide a high-level education that meets the needs of the labor market in the aviation sector, where the Academy offers a curriculum Practical, consistent and efficient depends on the competency, to ensure that students are provided with the professional expertise and basic life skills that help in preparing the student to continue the course of progress and development, in the fields of higher education and the aviation sector in the country, and the Academy also keeps pace with the requirements The economic agenda within the national plan for 2021, to build a society of knowledge economy in the United Arab Emirates.
The Ministry inaugurated the Aircraft Maintenance Academy, in its first stage, in five schools in the country, namely: Khalifa bin Zayed School in Abu Dhabi, the only school in Dubai, the Ruqaya School in Sharjah, and the schools of Ras Al Khaimah for Boys and Al Hudaiba in Ras Al Khaimah, and the Ministry set conditions for admission of students within the academy, It is to be a citizen of the UAE, as well as pass the written test, which includes mathematics and the English language, and pass the personal interview, provided that the student’s attendance rate is not less than 90% in the eighth grade, while achieving the full degree of behavior in the eighth grade as well.
The academic curricula for aircraft maintenance in the third episode selected schools, starting in the ninth grade, were adopted on international bases, enabling students knowledge and skill to enter the labor market, after passing the EASA-A license, and the curricula include various topics, where students study the basics Aviation science, air dynamics, electronic systems and digital technologies used in airplanes, followed by practical application in aircraft maintenance workshops, in addition to their study of aviation laws and maintenance of aircraft structures and systems, maintenance of jet engines and aircraft fans, and the student concludes his career in the air Dimip practical training in leading companies in the field of aircraft maintenance.
The Ministry also opened the Academy of "Health Sciences" at the Zayed Educational Complex in the Al-Suyouh area in Sharjah, and the Al-Samha School in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and welcomed the students with the start of the second semester, and the Academy targets in its first stage students in the ninth grade.
The vision of the Academy is to prepare and prepare students for enrollment in the various fields of health care, as it aims to achieve that vision by providing theoretical and practical education for its affiliates, in order to prepare them for higher education specializations in this field.
The Ministry has developed a number of specialized curricula to enable academic students to complete their studies after their graduation, including biology, human anatomy and physiology, as well as first aid, nutrition, physiotherapy and pharmacology, with the aim of providing students with the principles of health sciences, and for future launch in this field, adding It is possible for students of the Academy of Health Sciences, in addition to their studies at the Academy, to study basic subjects within the general track, which is one of the paths of the Emirati school.
The Ministry revealed the opening of the Academy of "Food Science and Control" at the beginning of the next academic year (next September), as part of the Ministry of Education's plan to improve its educational system, and to give students multiple academic options that meet their aspirations, and are consistent with their skills, thus consistent with general plans The state in the fields of education, and meets its needs of citizenship cadres in various academic disciplines.
The Ministry indicated that students affiliated with the Academy are studying, in addition to their general course studies, the basic sciences related to food and nutrition, which in turn help them understand how the different elements relate to each other, and the processes involved in food production, which help to develop new and distinct products.
The Academy of "Food Science and Control" integrates theoretical knowledge with practical skills, as students learn to use basic technical skills through sensory evaluation and the application of experiments in practical laboratories, and they also have the opportunity to test the work environment through training in national institutions concerned in this field.
The Ministry indicated that the doors for full registration will be opened on February 28, interviews will be held on March 8, and acceptance letters will be sent on the 23rd of the same month.
The Ministry inaugurated the Academy of "Creative Arts" at the beginning of the current academic year, and its vision is to enable Emirati students to enhance their creativity, in line with the Emirati school model, which focuses on developing students' skills and their ability to communicate and innovate.
Students of the third cycle in the academy study general track materials, in addition to six classes per week in the field of arts. Students can also choose one of the artistic specializations. The Academy of Creative Sciences provides opportunities to refine students ’skills and develop them in the field of arts, providing them with job opportunities in the future, in The areas of art, drawing and design, directing, writing, journalism and graphics, as well as management.
The Ministry has launched the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Authority for Agriculture and Safety, and aims to graduate students with the ability to join professional work in the agricultural sector in the country, to be able to contribute to providing solutions to meet the agricultural challenges that the agricultural sector faces, and the focus was on linking Curricula of the agricultural situation in the country.
The Ministry indicated that the Agricultural Academy initially included three schools in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Ras Al Khaimah, and then expanded at the beginning of the current academic year to 13 agricultural science academies throughout the country.
In September 2017, the Ministry inaugurated the first academy, which is the “Mathematical Sciences” for males in Sharjah, and continued its development to currently number 37 Academy of Mathematical Sciences, distributed across all Emirates of the country, and the Ministry appointed a team specialized in sports sciences, to ensure students get advanced skills In sports.
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Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, the Minister of Education, said that “the ministry launched the academies project within the framework of its future vision to enhance talent and dedicate the best educational outcomes.” He emphasized that this project will be the result of a qualitative addition in the educational and educational process of students, and upgrading their specialized skills.
He pointed out that, according to this project, the Ministry allows talented students to enroll in academies, in parallel with their enrollment in Emirati school tracks, whether the general or advanced track, and that starts from the ninth to 12th grade, according to an intensive educational, educational and methodological mechanism that raises specific specialized skills for the student, and forms These academies incubate national talent that meets the needs of the future job market.
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Male and female students enroll in the current academies for the academic year 2019-2020.
The project targets 4,500 students, and the launch of the Academy of Sciences and Food Control next September.
Joining academies from the ninth grade, according to an educational mechanism that promotes specialized skills for the student.