UAE’s Digital School for underprivileged: Who can enrol, what curriculum will it follow

UAE’s Digital School for underprivileged: Who can enrol, what curriculum will it follow

Here is all what you need to know about the school.

Published: Tue 1 Mar 2022, 1:18 PM

The UAE’s Digital School will educate more than 20,000 underprivileged students in five countries this year, with its first operational phase inaugurated on Monday.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the school would enrol students from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Mauritania and Colombia. The number of students will be increased to one million within five years.

During a special launch event at Expo 2020, Sheikh Mohammed said: “Our goal is to bring digital learning to new horizons as it is the education of the future and the future of education.”

Here is all what you need to know about the school.

What is The Digital School?

It is the first comprehensive digital school, providing distance education in a smart and flexible format. Students can join wherever they are, with a focus on the less fortunate, the disadvantaged and refugees in Arab nations and across the globe.

Who is The Digital School for?

The school provides learning opportunities for refugees, displaced persons and students in disadvantaged areas in different countries around the world. In its first year, the initiative