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Al-Maktoum Foundation, Intel Join Hands for ’World Ahead‘ Program in Palestine
Date : 16/5/2009 Time : 13:08
RAMALLAH, May 16, 2009 (WAFA)-The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation
announced, today, that it is joining hands with Intel Corp for its ’World Ahead
Program‘ in Palestine, marking a new phase of partnership between the two
organisations in terms of knowledge creation and empowerment of teachers.
In the presence of the Palestinian Minister of Education and Higher Education
Lamis Al-Alami, both partners made the announcement on the sidelines of the
World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2009 that held on May 15-17 at the Dead
Sea in Jordan.
The ‘World Ahead Program’ is an outcome of a four-year agreement signed between
the Foundation and Intel in April 2008 to provide free of cost online
professional training for two million teachers in the Arab World by 2011.
Through its participation in the program, the Foundation aims at enabling
teachers to prepare the Palestinian youth to assume responsibilities of
citizenship and good governance. Intel has already trained several senior
teachers in Palestine, who are mandated to pass on the skills to thousands of
other teachers over the next three years.
Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Foundation Adel Al-Shared, said: “Since the Foundation’s launch in 2007, we
have been led by our leadership’s vision to empower a competent and skilled
future generation capable of facing challenges for achieving sustainable
development. Our goal is to enhance the capability of teachers in the Arab
World and create inspirational leaders that are equipped to pioneer change in
education.”
The initiative will expand the Intel Teach program across Arab countries, to
include teachers, lecturers, principals and ministry officials who will benefit
by having access to professional development training modules, curriculum
materials, sample unit plans, and other resources that support 21st century
skills in students and teachers. Training will occur throughout Algeria,
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the UAE and Yemen.
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