Al Futtaim Education Foundation launches Project Aghsan, an Arabic graded readers programme

Al Futtaim Education Foundation launches Project Aghsan, an Arabic graded readers programme

- Project Aghsan is a first of its kind extensive programme for graded readers in Arabic

- Aims to publish 3000 titles for children aged 3-11+ by 2025

- Launched at a special event at the Al-Futtaim Innovation Hub

Dubai, UAE: Al Futtaim Education Foundation (AFEF), part of Al-Futtaim Group, has announced its partnership with Jabal Amman Publishers to launch Project Aghsan. Project Aghsan is the first-of-its-kind extensive graded reading programme in Arabic aspiring to publish 3000 titles covering a range of fiction and non-fiction texts aimed at children aged 3-11+ by 2025. The programme was conceived of to address and tackle a number of challenges posed by existing Arabic reading material; these challenges include, but are not limited to, material not matching the reading ability of children, content being more skewed to fiction, content that is not relatable to 21st century life, and the absence of a unified system for levelling children’s books.

Project Aghsan, over the next three years, will gradually work towards the goal of 3000 titles. Phase one targeting ages 3-6 and focusing on phonics-based words up to four letters should be available this summer; phase two which covers ages 6-8 and focuses on phonics-based words and sight words should