UAE’s early embrace of technology proves handy – Gulf Today

UAE’s early embrace of technology proves handy – Gulf Today

Schools and universities across the country started the first day of distance learning on Sunday, and as Sheikh Mohammed pointed out, "Schools are closed, but education will never stop.. Learning continues at a distance, and from anywhere, because education is the main driver of the development of nations.". Besides the Ministry of Education's smart learning portals, Madrasa e-learning platform, launched in 2018 under the umbrella of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, is the biggest of its kind in the Arab world to provide more than 5,000 free Arabized educational videos in general science, math, biology, chemistry and physics, besides its newly-launched Arabic language lessons for 50 million Arab students from kindergarten to grade 12..