Ghaya
Al Muhairi:
• The
Ministry of Education is moving forward steadily based
on a comprehensive plan to develop government educational facilities
• Educational
complexes provide quality educational and community services in new residential
areas
The
Ministry of Education is set to inaugurate two Zayed
Education Complexes in Al Barsha and Al Mizhar by the next academic year
2020/2021, with a capacity of over 4300 students, which will serve the
new densely populated areas in the emirate of Dubai. The
complexes include modern state-of-the-art educational facilities in line with
the modern Emirati School that is aligned with the Ministry of Education’s
development strategy.
The
Zayed Education Complex in Al Barsha comprises students from the second and
third cycles and extends over a building area of 42655 sqm, with a
capacity of 2601 students. The complex includes 69 classrooms and 59
laboratories. The Zayed Complex in Al-Mizhar area has been allocated for
the second and third cycles and extends over a building area of 40433 sqm
accommodating 1700 students. It includes 68 classrooms and 62
laboratories.
This
comes within the framework of a comprehensive plan by the Ministry of Education
for establishing educational complexes with world-class specifications. At the
beginning of the current academic year, the ministry launched the Zayed
Educational Complex in the tourist area of the Emirate of Sharjah to be the
first educational complex planned by the ministry in various regions of the
country.
The
Director of Dubai Education Zone, Ghaya Sultan Al Muhairi, said that the
Ministry Education is moving steadily
towards developing government educational facilities at the level of
Dubai Education Zone, under the vision of the contemporary
Emirati school, and within a comprehensive plan developed by the Department of
Educational Facilities at the Ministry of Education, based on three general
pillars: new construction, development of school buildings that meet the development
standards, regular and operational maintenance, with developed and
renewable educational curricula and activities.
She
stressed that the Ministry has completed a set of schools with modern
specifications, and continue its efforts in the plans of transfer and
replacement of the remaining schools, and converting them into educational
complexes that serve different residential areas, especially high-density
population, to achieve a range of educational and social gains, pointing out
that the new complexes provide a range of laboratories required
by the UAE school curriculum such as health sciences, robotics,
manufacturing, physics, chemistry, biology, design and technology, household
economics, technology and innovation, computer and activities rooms, in
addition to business simulation labs, enterprise labs, media production
lab, and learning resource centers.
She
added that the teams of the Ministry of Education were able to create
educational environments that meet the advanced international standards, and
that the new educational complexes have sustainable buildings and are
environmentally friendly. The compatibility with the curriculum and
requirements of the curriculum of the UAE school has been taken into
consideration. Complexes provide all means of security and safety, and
commitment to a unified institutional identity and are friendly for people of
determination. The design of the educational complexes was based
on international manuals, references and benchmarks with other countries.
She
added: The school building is one of the most important basics of the
educational process, and an influential factor of its success. It increases
attainment of students and whenever the school building is appropriate and
equipped with all means and amenities, the positive impact on the entire
educational process will be more extensive, pointing out that the educational
complexes, which the Ministry continues to provide at the level of the UAE,
take into account the provision of quality educational and community services
in the new densely populated areas. They accommodate more students, which will
contribute to the excellence of the Emirati school. She asserted that the
Ministry took into consideration, after a survey of all the Emirates, the
choice of places to build schools in residential communities for nationals,
especially the new ones, and stay away from traffic congestion.
The
Ministry of Education strives to create an attractive learning environment for
students, in addition to fostering the spirit of belonging to the school and
strengthening the relationship between the school and the family to support the
educational process. This is done away from the traditional form, to enhance
the spirit of belonging of the school students and their parents and provide an
attractive and stimulating environment for creativity and innovation, by
creating a catalytic infrastructure and world-class specifications.