UAE Vice-President launches Dh1b e-learning initiative

Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday launched Dh 1 billion e-learning Initiative for public schools.

The project titled Mohammad Bin Rashid Initiative for Smart Learning is an integrated e-learning platform, which will involve teachers, students, administrators as well as parents through a network, enhancing the learning experience further.

The phase one of the project, which is part of UAE Vision 2021, will be launched in September 2012, piloting with Grade 6 to 9 in 18 schools run by Ministry of Education (MoE).

The initiative will be jointly implemented by MoE and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in four phases over the next five years.