The UAE has succeeded in presenting a smart educational model during the current Corona pandemic period, with which the educational field was able to continue its work, through the “distance education” system, so there is no interruption to study, nor disruption of the academic year, as is the case in many countries of the world , Which drifted to the easiest, which is either postponing studies, or ending the school year.
What the Ministry of Education did was not the result of the moment. Rather, it was the result of tremendous efforts that it made over several years, since His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Learning Initiative. Intelligent », which aimed to create a new educational environment in schools, its results and fruits appeared these days when the world was exposed to a crisis that obliged everyone to prevent gatherings and the closure of schools and places of worship, and others.
In spite of the challenges witnessed by the smart learning system (distance learning), which is applied for the first time in this size at the state level, its results according to the reactions of teachers, parents of students and school administrators, are considered satisfactory.
This educational experience has placed the UAE in an advanced position among the best educational systems in the world, as the UAE ranked first in the Arab world and the 20th in the world, among the list of the best educational systems in the world, published by the American newspaper "Ceoworld".
The country scored 64 degrees in the quality of education, and 52.94 degrees in the opportunity of education. The researchers studied 16 indicators that fall under these two items, and each indicator was assigned 100 points. The study included a list of about 93 educational systems in the world.
According to the magazine, Britain ranked first in the world, and got 78.2% of the quality of education standard, and 69.79% of the education opportunity standard, while America ranked second, Australia third, the fourth Netherlands, and Sweden in fifth place, according to the study.
This experience raises many questions about the plans of the Ministry of Education for the future education system, and the need for schools, in particular, in the various curricula taught, to have an intelligent infrastructure that avoids the challenges that have emerged during the current smart learning experience.
The experiment raises several questions about the plans of the Ministry of Education for the future education system.
Educational expert