The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recommended the largest open online educational school platform of its kind in the Arab world https: // madrasa.org, which is freely available to more than 50 million Arab students, as a reliable source of specific educational content in the Arabic language. Which covers the various subjects, where the platform that contains more than 5000 educational videos that covers the various courses and materials that accompany the Arab and international curricula meets the requirements of distance learning systems, in a way that enhances and supports the formal education system approved in many Arab countries.

This comes in light of many governments around the world taking precautionary measures to temporarily close schools, universities and institutions in order to prevent the spread of the Corona virus (Covid-19), in order to ensure the preservation of the educational environment and the maintenance of the educational body of teaching and administrative staff, and more importantly, the safety of students and ensuring the continuation of the educational process Without disruption, providing knowledge and social support to students, school and the Arab family as a whole.

UNESCO indicated that the "School" platform has a strong user base, which enhances its impact and impact, and helps schools and teachers to facilitate pupils' learning of the Arabic language remotely in various conditions, from anywhere. And considered it one of the platforms with distinguished and reliable content in addition to other platforms and applications open for distance learning in the Arab region.

The «Arab School» e-learning platform, represented by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives Foundation, has signed a bilateral agreement with the regional office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), at the last session of the World Summit of Governments hosted in Dubai in February 2018, The aim is to enhance cooperation in the specific educational content in the Arabic language, which the platform provides free of charge to Arab students everywhere in the world.

According to the agreement between the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives and UNESCO to enhance Arab educational content in the Arabic language and develop its crucial role in enabling online learning for Arab students, the focus is on five axes: cooperation in enriching educational content, and implementing a comprehensive program to raise awareness of the educational content that it provides The "School" platform, as well as cooperation in providing innovative educational solutions in remote areas, distributing assignments, and enhancing joint coordination between the UNESCO Regional Office and the "School" platform.

The bilateral agreement emphasizes innovation in developing education in the Arab world and providing it with new technologies because of its role in empowering all Arab societies, reducing poverty, improving quality of life, and raising awareness, in order to achieve the seventeen sustainable development goals set by the United Nations for 2030.

The Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab Countries, Dr. Hamad Al-Hammami said: “Providing digital educational content that supports the distance learning system is a fundamental issue for achieving sustainable development goals at the Arab level as defined by the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab Countries, foremost of which is improving the quality of education. In the Arab world, and to ensure support and enhancement of the educational and educational process and to provide all necessary tools to ensure their continuity under all circumstances and developments. ”

He added: «In light of the current exceptional preventive conditions taken by educational institutions and institutions in many Arab countries, in terms of the temporary closure of schools to address the new Corona virus (Covid 19) and to preserve the safety of our student children and the educational corps, there is a qualitative opportunity to turn this challenge into an opportunity to benefit One of the digital education platforms as a (school) platform that provides a quality education with an Arab and international dimension that keeps pace with the advanced curricula, through thousands of educational lessons enhanced with exercises and available free of charge to millions of students, teachers and parents in the Arab world ».

Al-Hammami considered that "the options of continuous learning and self-learning via distance have enormous potential in light of the rapid technical development, and that self-learning has transformed in recent decades into a major tributary in the education system as a whole, contributing to enhancing the scientific and knowledge curiosity of students and developing their own abilities and skills."

He said: «Cooperation between UNESCO and Arab electronic educational platforms can contribute to providing more reliable Arab content available on the Internet, especially in the field of education, to support Arab curricula and integrate with its materials and develop educational content that helps to communicate information to Arab students in innovative new ways that have With their interest and enhance their interaction and educational achievement. ”

The platform «School» has recently announced the enhancement of its electronic content, which includes more than 5000 educational videos in Arabic for various academic levels from kindergarten through the twelfth grade in physics, chemistry, biology, general sciences and mathematics, along with an integrated curriculum for the Arabic language, coinciding with the activation of the ministries of education Education in many Arab countries mechanisms of distance learning and smart learning in response to the implications of the spread of the emerging corona virus as a benefit - 19 and in the interest of the health of students.

The scientific content of the "School" online platform, which is open to students, teachers and parents, free of charge, integrates with the approved educational curricula in most parts of the Arab world, where you can register on the platform and benefit from its content for free via its website: https: // madrasa.org.

The "School" platform also encourages students to participate in daily scientific competitions or participate in collective scientific missions that employ the content of the platform in solving puzzles and issues, while enhancing the capabilities of searching for information and knowledge competition with them, through the principle of "gamification in education".

«School» platform

The "School" platform falls under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives Foundation, the largest regional institution for the hope industry in the region and contributing through its humanitarian, development and knowledge programs, projects and initiatives in building a better future for humanity.

The “School” electronic educational platform is the product of the translation challenge launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to Arabize 11 million words of the content of distinguished educational curricula globally in the disciplines of science and mathematics, with the participation of volunteers from various disciplines And under the supervision of educational experts and supervisors from the Ministry of Education, as a first step to providing quality educational content in the Arabic language within the thousands of educational videos accessible to tens of millions of students, teachers and parents in the Arab world.

"School" aims to provide distinctive and advanced educational content in the Arabic language for free to students, teachers and parents, and to enhance the interest of more learners in the Arab world in science and mathematics specialties, while providing an interactive education that combines fun and benefit, develops scientific curiosity and simulates the pleasure of exploring everything new.

Since its launch in October 2018, the “School” online platform has recorded more than 65 million visits, more than 8 million digital educational lessons, and more than 2.5 million subscribers. The average daily educational videos watched reached 13,000, and the daily subscription rate to the platform exceeded 6,000 subscribers per day, from around the world.

Corona Challenge is an opportunity to take advantage of digital education platforms as a "school" platform.

• 5,000 educational videos in Arabic provided by the “School” platform, available to millions of students and teachers, free of charge.