Mena reaches for tech to upgrade results in education

Mena reaches for tech to upgrade results in education

Demand for education technology, or edtech, is growing in the Middle East and North Africa as countries seek to bolster learning to drive economic growth.  However, experts warned against excessive use of technology in classrooms, saying it could affect the attainment of basic skills such as reading and writing.  Examples of edtech include interactive whiteboards, […]

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Demand for education technology, or edtech, is growing in the Middle East and North Africa as countries seek to bolster learning to drive economic growth. 

However, experts warned against excessive use of technology in classrooms, saying it could affect the attainment of basic skills such as reading and writing. 

Examples of edtech include interactive whiteboards, digital textbooks, immersive educational apps and teacher training programmes. Taaleem, a UAE-based schools operator, told AGBI it has doubled its investment in edtech over the past five years and now uses 3,000 platforms across 32 schools. 

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“I have sessions with different tech providers almost constantly,” said Glen Radojkovich, Taaleem’s deputy director of education. “There has been an absolute mushrooming of investment in the sector.”

Nahdet Misr,