'Schools of Tomorrow' pilot to be publicized

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Hassan wants to raise the standard of public education.

The federal government's Madaris Al Ghad (Schools of Tomorrow) programme, which aims to reform curricula and teaching methodologies across public schools in the UAE, is soon to be publicised in all emirates.

Dr Hanif Hassan, the UAE minister of education, told a press conference that the reforms comprised "a sweeping restructuring process to prepare educational and services infrastructure" for all schools in the country. The project was piloted last year with the participation of 50 schools.

A further 14 schools, designed and built on "modern architectural concepts", have opened this academic year, with plans for seven more by this time next year.

Updated curricula will promote values and ethics through three major subjects - Arabic, Islamic studies and civics. The curricula reforms will also target maths, science and IT.

''The project is not just a change of school address or architectural features. Rather, it's a drastic transformation in the learning life of students through which the ministry seeks to enable students pursue undergraduate studies smoothly,'' the minister said.

Field visits and feedback from students and teachers have so far indicated that students are becoming more interactive in the classroom.

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