GL Education joins Renaissance

  • Date: 19-Jul-2023
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:UAE
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GL Education joins Renaissance

DUBAI, UAE – Renaissance, a leader in learning and assessment provision, has announced the acquisition of GL Education, a provider of formative assessments for schools and school groups in the UK, across the UAE and over 100 countries worldwide. Renaissance and GL Education share a vision that technology and data offer powerful tools that help schools build teaching and learning around the needs of every child. Together, the two companies aim to pool their expertise in education technology to offer educators enhanced data and analytics that will give them unique insights into the academic progress and potential of every child. Since November 2021, Renaissance has been working with the UAE Ministry of Education to improve English literacy standards amongst the country’s public school students through the implementation of the myON digital platform across the UAE’s public primary and secondary schools. Meanwhile, GL Education has extensive experience and deep expertise in helping schools and school groups in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates meet these obligations, providing assessments that enable them to carry out National Agenda testing, as well as training for teachers across the country. The acquisition of GL Education supports Renaissance's mission to accelerate students’ growth and