The Ministry of Education has implemented a hypothetical education plan for the pre-kindergarten stage, and has developed a curriculum for this stage, within the framework of the “Future Buds” project, stressing that this stage is the most important stage in human upbringing, as the child’s mind is prepared to instill thinking and creativity in it, and therefore it depends The curriculum through psychology on the sustainable development of the human composition of the child, so that it turns from a recipient into an active and interactive person with the scientific material presented to him.
In the “Baraem Al-Mustaqbal” guide, the Ministry has identified seven procedures for implementing the project, namely, registering 12,596 students, providing virtual classes in kindergartens for this stage, and providing all electronic books for the curriculum and supporting educational resources on the ministry’s electronic platforms (the Diwan platform, and the Smart Learning Portal) LMS), providing photo and video tutorials for the curriculum on all online platforms.
The Ministry clarified that the educational content is presented in the form of video clips and multimedia presentations, implemented by teachers according to the curriculum plan, providing the child's guardian with a variety of educational resources that enrich the curriculum and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes (video, audio materials and worksheets), and preparing a training kernel of teachers to train the students ’students On the curriculum, and to activate the electronic accounts of the parents of students to be able to enter the site and educational platforms of the Ministry of Education.
The project includes three axes: knowledge and integrated sciences, imagination and logical links, Emirati industry and ethics, and there are three main areas around which the curriculum for the pre-kindergarten stage includes student behavior towards learning, personal, emotional and social development, and study materials that provide learning content.
The guide pointed out that the implementation of this project will be through a number of electronic platforms, including "Diwan", "Nahla and Nahel", "connected" and "matific".
The guide mentioned seven goals of the project, including developing the child's mental skills, such as analysis, meditation, thinking and innovation, enhancing his self-confidence, expanding the child's perceptions of thinking, research and investigation, enriching the linguistic and cognitive outcome of the child, developing the national and traditional sense of it, and ensuring building a strong relationship between the child's guardian Early childhood education to provide the best support at school and at home, ensure a safe learning environment and child-centered care and enhance his individual education journey, and provide children with a rich curriculum that provides them with new knowledge and skills.
The Ministry has called on kindergarten principals to nominate a teacher from each kindergarten, responsible for the pre-kindergarten stage.
Knowledge and skills
The Ministry of Education confirmed that the pre-kindergarten virtual education project simulates modern educational trends adopted by the most prestigious educational systems at the global level, as the Future Buds project revolves around several vital educational axes, which will leave an impact on students' behavior and look to the future.
The plan targets children from three years of age, in order to prepare them to enter the kindergarten, by providing them with various knowledge and skills.