UAE’s Educational Development Efforts During the COVID 19 Pandemic Presentation

Introduction

• With COVID 19, the decision to close schools and universities left educational systems and the governments to scramble their way to find the right solutions and approaches.
• Students were highly impacted by COVID 19.
• Varying social factors have implied unequal impact with the prevailing situation.
• The educational sector moved its operations to the online platform, one of the most significant factors responsible for supporting the learning environment.

Challenges and problems

Some of the most significant challenges faced by the education sector include the following:

• Exacerbation of inequality across the education sector;
• Lack of technological awareness;
• Increasing issues in terms of the access to the online platforms.

Actions taken

To deal with the challenges, the educational sector in the UAE has taken a number of steps:

• Strengthen the education system for improved learning by adopting the effective technical assistance (Heba and Sultan, 2020).
• Vigorously train the staff members in order to grasp distance learning and also to assist the students in case of any challenges faced.
• Provide the grants to the deserving students to gain access to this new type of education and to help them be able to continue their educational experience more effectively.

Conclusion

• The mission of education sector in UAE is to overcome learning crisis.
• The education sector is focused on eliminating the possible negative impact of the pandemic.
• The government and the educational sector to ensure same opportunities to all the students of UAE.
• The educational sector needs to increase the digital skills.
• Address the gaps and challenges through the integration of digital tools.
• Ensure teachers readiness to assist educational experience for both teachers and students.

References

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Baburajan, P., 2021. Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic among expatriate residents in the UAE. Avicenna, 2021(1).

Heba, C. and Sultan, S., 2020. Parents’ Views of their Children’s online Learning in The UAE Context during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy, 4(10), pp.424-434.

Ridge, N. and Erfurth, M., 2020. The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in the UAE. Al Qasimi Foundation,.

Journal of Education and Practice, 2020. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Modes of Teaching Science in UAE Schools.