Saudi Education Minister: Pandemic Is an Opportunity to Invent New Teaching Methods

Saudi Education Minister: Pandemic Is an Opportunity to Invent New Teaching Methods

Saudi Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Al Al-Sheikh stressed the need to implement new and innovative educational methods, saying the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity that must be seized and should not be seen as a passing crisis.

The minister emphasized the importance of analyzing and evaluating the impact of the accelerated digital transformation and technologies on education and society as a whole.

In a speech during a meeting of the research ministers of the G20, Al-Sheikh said that the pandemic “continues to cast its shadow on the world on the social and economic levels, which will lead to accelerating the digital transformation of societies.”