His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and head of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, stressed the importance of providing appropriate educational tools for all students, praising the initiatives that were recently launched in Abu Dhabi, to support students ’families under the current circumstances, to ensure the continuity of the educational process For their children.
His Highness was briefed on the interim results of applying the distance learning system in schools and universities at the level of Abu Dhabi, and made a virtual tour of educational partnerships schools in Abu Dhabi.
This came during a video call with the Minister of Education, Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, and the head of the Education and Knowledge Department in Abu Dhabi, Sarah Awad Issa Muslim, to discuss the educational process, follow-up to the developments of the system in terms of scientific and technical aspects, and the interaction of the parties concerned in implementing the system.
During the meeting, His Highness listened to an explanation about the mechanisms and measures taken by the ministry and the department in order to overcome the challenges facing students, educational institutions and teachers, with a view to continuing to develop a distance learning system, to achieve the best possible results, and provide an educational environment that enhances the knowledge and scientific repository for students. His Highness continued the efforts of the Education and Knowledge Department and its partners to provide appropriate applications to ensure the achievement of distinct outputs for the distance learning process, and to continue training and qualifying the educational staff, in line with the requirements of the system.
His Highness made a virtual tour of educational partnerships schools in Abu Dhabi, one of the initiatives of the Abu Dhabi Accelerators for Development Program “Tomorrow 21” aimed at enhancing and developing the capabilities of future generations, and enabling them to contribute effectively to the national agenda to build a sustainable knowledge-based economy.
During this visit, His Highness attended one of the distance learning classes at Al Rayana School, which is the first educational partnership school opened by the Department of Education and Knowledge in 2018, where His Highness interacted with the experience of a number of students while receiving education during the direct class provided by the teacher through visual communication technology.
During the tour, His Highness was briefed on the educational system of educational partnerships schools, on the mechanism of applying the process of distance education, the accomplishments achieved during this period, as well as the strategy used to develop it and ensure that its goals are achieved in line with the aspirations of the government.
During the tour, Sarah Muslim reviewed the goals of the Partnerships Schools Project, which places "students first", as the project provides the Emirati student with a third educational system, which helps him to enhance his skills in line with the requirements of the 21st century and prepare him for the future at the same time, given that it is focused on building capabilities The student and providing appropriate education to the needs of each student according to his level. She said that «the virtual tour of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the partnership schools educational project, and the presence of His Highness one of the distance learning classes, reflects the great support of the leadership to build an innovative and sustainable educational sector in Abu Dhabi, strengthens the emirate’s position as a leading center for regional and international education, and contributes In achieving a knowledge-based economy. ”
The virtual tour reflects the strong leadership support for building an innovative and sustainable educational sector in Abu Dhabi.