{"id":19800,"date":"2020-02-26T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T05:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=19800"},"modified":"2020-02-26T09:34:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T05:34:23","slug":"uae-vows-to-make-education-smarter-as-gess-dubai-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/uae-vows-to-make-education-smarter-as-gess-dubai-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Vows To Make Education Smarter As GESS Dubai Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UAE government is working on initiatives to equip all schools, universities and students of the country with smart devices and systems, said His Excellency Hussain Bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, the UAE Minister of Education while inaugurating the Global Educational Supplies and Solutions (GESS) exhibition in Dubai on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurricula, projects and researches will be enhanced with the use of smart systems,\u201d Al Hammadi said at the GESS Dubai 2020, the world\u2019s leading education show that is being held from February 25-27 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.<\/p>\n

Among the high-profile guests who attended the opening ceremonies at GESS Dubai included His Excellency Dr Majed bin Ali Al-Nuami (Education Minister, Bahrain); Tarek Shawki (Education Minister, Egypt); and Dr. Damir Sehovic (Education Minister, Montenegro).<\/p>\n

The event, which is set to witness more than 50 product launches, covers a broad spectrum of products and solutions – from gadgets and devices to learning solutions, as well as a traditional school, lab equipment and learning gears that are all designed to make teaching and learning more effective.<\/p>\n

GESS Dubai is also hosting over 300 free of charge and CPD-certified workshops and presentations from world-leading experts in education, technology, leadership and training, neuroscience and others, said the organisers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UAE is planning to almost double its investments in kindergarten enrollments as the initial phase of life play a crucial role in shaping the personality of the students and their future,\u201d Al Hammadi added.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cAs for enabling the teacher to integrate global competency skills within the curricula, teaching methods and evaluation, the Ministry of Education has built the Emirati school system with a global vision, identifying the characteristics of the teacher, student and leader of the Emirati school and building systems to support them at all levels in line with the requirements of today\u2019s world, modern global trends and local educational goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing the GESS Dubai, Saudi Education Minister His Excellency Dr Hamad Bin Mohammed Al Shaikh said that there is a special focus on education in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Vision 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal for education is to become the profession of the future, produce change, reshape conceptions, build-up the minds of the youth on the basis of modern technology,\u201d said Al Shaikh at the event, which has become the premier platform for doing business in the education sector in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur aim is to encourage this generation and future generation to adopt the benefits of technology which impacts their lives,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He was referring to the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augment Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) products that highlight the most recent developments in these exciting fields that are geared toward education.<\/p>\n

The minister mentioned that the Kingdom has launched a virtual nursery, which targets children, who are unable to attend nursery physically. \u201cThe ministry is also planning virtual schools at all levels in near future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gerd Leonhard, Chief Executive Officer of The Futures Agency, in his keynote address, talked about \u2018technology & humanity\u2019 with key focus on future jobs, work and the future of education.<\/p>\n

Leonhard, also an author and a filmmaker, said that anything that can be digitized and automated, will be but anything that cannot will become extremely valuable.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that resist machine-thinking, understand exponential but live linear and transcend technology \u2013 not humanity. \u201cOur biggest challenge is not (yet) that the machines will take over, but that we become too much like them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Concluding his keynote, he said, \u201cInvest as much in humanity as you invest in technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGESS, a UAE-based brand, has become so successful that we\u2019ve expanded it to key education markets around the world,\u201d said Matt Thompson, project director, Tarsus, organisers of the event.<\/p>\n

The show \u2011 being held in partnership with the UAE\u2019s Ministry of Education \u2011 is also supported by the Ministry of Education Bahrain, Ministry of Education Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Arab Bureau of Education for Gulf States (ABEGS), British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) and Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) as Knowledge Partner.<\/p>\n

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