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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHe said that the participants in the sessions worked to draw and define the features of a road map for digital education for the countries of the southern African region and discussed the challenges, opportunities and innovative solutions that would ensure the dissemination of this model and enable students in the region to access the best educational opportunities, and provide teachers with the tools and skills necessary to implement digital education models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed out that the first phase of the initiative aimed at popularizing the digital education model, which is being implemented in coordination with the World Food Program and the Southern African Development Community, will focus on 6 countries: Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Zambia, and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The summit aimed to expand the network of partners, including the private sector and telecommunications companies, establishing a new era of cooperation and innovation in digital education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the summit activities, a series of meetings were held between the digital school team and policy makers and those concerned with the education sector in the Southern African Development Community countries, to share the school\u2019s experiences in the field of digital education in a way that supports efforts to transfer the experience and develop a plan that suits the needs and keeps pace with the aspirations of southern African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 100 officials and specialists from 18 countries participated in the summit, including 6 ministers of education and technology, 46 speakers and experts, and representatives of 35 institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is noteworthy that His Excellency Sheikh Shakhbut bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, and His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Digital School, witnessed last September the signing of a memorandum of understanding at the headquarters of the Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations. To expand digital school initiatives to reach schools in less fortunate communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The memorandum was signed by Dr. Waleed Al Ali, Secretary-General of the Digital School, and Ute Klamert, Assistant Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, in the presence of Her Excellency Anna Esther Nyibunduka, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture of the Republic of Namibia, and Estrin Lesingye-Futabong, Director of Program Implementation and Coordination at the New Partnership Planning and Coordination Agency. For African Development “NEPAD”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is noteworthy that the \u201cDigital School\u201d, which was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, \u201cmay God protect him\u201d, in November 2020 within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, is the first integrated digital school from Its type, and aims to empower students with digital learning options in areas that do not have the appropriate conditions or components that students need to continue their education. It also provides a qualitative option for blended learning and distance learning, in a smart and flexible way, targeting the less fortunate societal groups, refugees and displaced persons, through materials. And modern educational curricula.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Digital School – one of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum\u2019s global initiatives – held a series of high-level sessions, entitled \u201cPromoting digital transformation in education for the Southern African Development Community countries\u201d, in cooperation with the World Food Program and the Southern African Development Community, in which experts and specialists in the educational and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":582,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-580","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tdsforall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/n6s0999o1k71fiopn-1024x683.jpg\")
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