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Alef Education and the Ministry of Education in UAE Inaugurate Implementation of Alef Education System in 10 Abu Dhabi Public Schools

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 The Ministry of Education (MOE) in the United Arab Emirates and Alef Education, the leading UAE-based education technology company, signed today an Agreement to implement Alef’s education system in ten Abu Dhabi public schools. The Agreement was signed in the presence of H.E. Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Cabinet Member & Minister of Education, Jassim Alseddiqi, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Financial Group and Alef Education Board Member, and was signed by H.E Lubna Ali Al Shamsi, Deputy CEO of School Operations and Geoffrey Alphonso, Chief Executive Officer of Alef Education.

 

This landmark Agreement follows the success of Alef Education’s implementation at the Al Asayel Abu Dhabi public school in 2017. Results of that one-year utilization at the school showed a remarkable increase in student engagement and learning outcomes. Teachers, parents and the school leadership at Al Asayel expressed satisfaction and appreciation at these results.

 

This new Agreement expands on that initial collaboration by extending Alef Education’s reach into 10 public schools, and covering over 6,000 students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 starting this coming Academic Year in September 2018. The list of the ten schools that are part of the Agreement includes Al Suqoor School, Al Asayel School, Fatima Bint Mubarak School, Sa'ad Bin Mo'ath School, Atika Bint Abdel Muttalib School, Makkah School, Al Dhaher School, Al Khair School, Qatr Al Nada School, Al Nokhba School.

H.E. Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Cabinet Member & Minister of Education confirmed that the transition to a knowledge-based economy requires dynamic education that keeps pace with the best global systems founded upon a new technology-based and artificial intelligence (AI) driven reality where smart and digital learning play a major role in contributing to raising the levels and outcomes of teaching and learning and enhancing student interaction. This is one step towards achieving an enriching education that will have a great impact on students in terms of their skills set and knowledge. In this context, the Ministry has decided to move forward with this vision through the implementation of “Alef System”, the innovative educational system which revealed good, clear and distinctive results upon its implementation in one of the schools, and which inspired us to expand the scope of the targeted schools and to take the implementation process to an advanced stage with 10 more schools in Abu Dhabi.

 

 

His Excellency said that the Ministry seeks to provide a leading educational platform based on a rigorous system that provides both technology and educational content, fosters the student’s motivation to learn, provides space for creativity, critical thinking, thought analysis and making conclusions, based on a real time digital database in line with the curriculum and latest teaching methods.

H.E. Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi said that the transition to a knowledge-based economy is part of the priorities and agenda of the government and its Vision 2021 and the UAE CENTENNIAL 2071. The transition is based on future foresight which has become a significant national industry in the UAE. His Excellency pointed out that the UAE translates its future vision into development approaches as well as advancing and fostering creative visions, projects, initiatives and programs. In this context, education stands as a priority for the leaders of the UAE, and we are engaged in setting up and deploying the various capabilities and potentials to make the UAE education system the best in the world. For this purpose, our reliance on modern technology is an inevitable and pertinent reality that accelerates the pace of reaching our ambitions and goals to reach an innovative competitive education system.  

His Excellency indicated that the Ministry of Education seeks to strengthen its strategic partnerships with the parties concerned with providing modern, model and interactive education content which is in line with our aspirations in the Ministry of Education to achieve the integrated, holistic UAE school in terms of the education aspects and methods in place and which enhances the curriculum. He pointed out that cooperation with Alef Education is the result of a constructive collaboration with a leading technology education company that is expected to achieve the best educational outcomes in the near term.

Jassim Alseddiqi, Board Member of Alef Education and Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Financial Group said: “We extend out great gratitude to the Ministry of Education for the trust it has given to Alef Education to achieve this partnership opportunity. We are committed at Alef Education to supporting the educational objectives of the UAE as well as the UAE Future Foresight Strategy which is based on short, mid and long terms stages driven by a future national vision and proactively and sustainably in an agile way. Also, this landmark Agreement re-enforces our dedication to participate in the global presence of the UAE as the new world center of innovation, learning and science, through our vision at building the future of education in the UAE and beyond in the world. The 21st century calls upon alert, capacious, innovative and skilled individuals, and those are the students Alef works hard at preparing for careers in a global world and for leadership in a multi-disciplinary knowledge economy. Through this Agreement with the Ministry of Education, Alef will pursue its mission to build the minds of learners and empower them with the tools, methods and knowledge necessary to stimulate their minds and imagination and enhance their participation, engagement and creativity not only throughout their learning journey, but also to prepare them to advance the UAE strategy and enable them to take leading responsibilities and roles in all economic, scientific and technological sectors, thereby influencing the world in a more, responsible and distinct manner.”

Commenting on the Agreement, Geoffrey Alphonso, Chief Executive Officer of Alef Education, said: “We are honored that the Ministry of Education has chosen Alef Education to leverage our resources and strategies for the benefit of the ten public schools in this great nation. Alef Education is committed to working closely with the schools and their leadership where our educational system will be implemented to provide the students, parents & teachers with a truly engaging and digital experience. We also look forward to partnering with the Ministry of Education to expand our footprint to include other schools in the UAE and beyond.”

This close cooperation between Alef Education and the Ministry of Education is very much in line with the UAE Vision 2021 which emphasizes the development of a first-rate education system and which will require a complete transformation of the current education system and teaching methods. The Vision aims for all schools to be equipped with smart systems and devices as a basis for all teaching methods, projects and research.

Alef Education’s ecosystem brings together a blend of the latest technology and pedagogical approaches geared towards learners of today. The ‘Alef Platform’ has three main pillars: (1) A fun and easy-to-use digital learning environment, developed by leading technology experts based in Abu Dhabi. (2) High quality hypermedia content developed to engage and stimulate learning with a blend of videos, interactivities and games all linked to the Ministry of Education curriculum and learning outcomes across three grades (Grade 6,7 & 8). (3) Real time data provided within each lesson to truly enable educators to support personalized learning and identify student strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, Alef Education’s onsite implementation team which is scheduled to be located within the schools covered by the agreement will complement the learning experience by providing support services to the schools’ infrastructure change process, allowing parallel work with the schools’ leaders to enable digital transformation.

The key areas outlined in the landmark Agreement are built upon providing the students with the scaffolding necessary to achieve the 21st-century learning outcomes through Alef Education’s holistic student-centered, self-paced and self-directed education system, and transforming the teachers’ role by providing them with the technology that will allow them more time to tailor their teaching towards individual students while taking care of the administrative aspects of their role.

The Agreement also includes the transformation of the 10 public schools into centers of technology excellence based on Alef Education’s tiered support and technology ecosystem.

 

6/18/2018

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