Video: Dubai Cares announces Dh5 million grant as Digital School aims to enrol 1 million children

Video: Dubai Cares announces Dh5 million grant as Digital School aims to enrol 1 million children

Dubai: The Digital School launched in Dubai aims to enrol 1 million children globally in accredited digital learning programmes in five years, it was announced on Monday. At a ceremony announcing the first phase of the initiative at Dubai Cares Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai, Dubai Cares announced a Dh5 million grant to commemorate the launch of the first phase of Digital School. Monday’s announcement was made by Dubai Cares CEO Dr Tareq Al Gurg. The accredited programmes will be taught in English, Arabic, Spanish and French. Launched by the Mohammad bin Rashid Global Initiatives (MBRGI), the first phase of the Digital School is already underway. In its first year, Digital School has a target of enrolling 200,000 children in five countries – Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Mauritania and Colombia. These countries have already begun their digital classrooms, coinciding with the start of the academic school year in each of these countries. Digital School, an initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was first announced in November 2020. It was created primarily to empower refugees and students from underprivileged communities. In the past one year, after the successful