New e-learning platform introduced to help Arab students in remote areas

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Dubai: Arab students will be supported by a new online-learning platform that lives in refugee camps or remote areas with no internet access.

The Arabic word for school, ‘Madrasa’ was launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide with offline learning services for 1,000 villages.

E-learning platform will provide 5,000 free Arabised videos in maths, science, biology, physics, and chemistry to students from kindergarten to Grade 12 through 4 innovative offline solutions.

“We launched the ‘Madrasa’ e-learning platform to provide 5,000 free Arabised videos in maths and science to students living in 1,000 remote villages without internet access,” said Shaikh Mohammad. “The initiative is the first phase to cover remote areas across the Arab World.

“Education is the biggest hope for the Arab World. Nothing should stop our children from receiving education,” Shaikh Mohammad added.

He highlighted that e-learning bridges the gap of knowledge in the Arab World.

“Improving the education system in the Arab World is an urgent priority,” he said. “E-learning is the most effective way to empower Arab students and the ideal solution is to provide them with world-class education wherever they are.

“Madrasa for 1,000 villages is a message of life, determination, and better future. There’s only one key to the success of our societies, economies, and future: Education,” he added.

Propelled under the umbrella of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), the undertaking will connect with kids in remote towns and camps through the Madrasa tablet, a WiFi hotspot gadget, the Madrasa streak memory (USB) and the Madrasa Smart Bag.

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