EDUCATION & LIFELONG LEARNING
SAUDI ARABIA’S DIGITAL FUTURE With the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 underway, a session led by Dr Abdullatif Mohammed illustrated how digital transformation will help to realise the country’s vision for infrastructure and ‘human capital’. With more than 50 per cent of Saudi’s population being under age 30, the need for harvesting future-ready skills has become a matter of urgency. Saudi Arabia has the largest GDP in the Middle East according
to Investopedia and it’s throwing some monetary weight to see this vision through. It is starting off with the building of a rather ambitious ‘futuristic megacity’ called Neom, which will be completed in 2025. “$500 billion is being invested in the city – 30 times the size of Manhattan – an insane amount of investment. The Middle East and Africa are very focused on investing in education right now,” added Mr Hannan. “This digital transformation strategy,” he adds “is being borne
out of the kingdom’s dependence on oil and its need to invest in a digital economy. Saudi Arabia is building on its education, but also better local knowledge, digital health and education, more automated processes and broadening its digital administration processes within all sectors.”
SMARTER SCHOOLS A Saudi programme called Future Gate – to promote digital learning, project work and technology-based learning at K12 – also aims to certify about 1,000 teachers by 2022 to teach with digital technology, as well as create up to 10,990 smart classrooms. The initiative will provide digital learning resources and transform traditional school settings to encourage collaboration via virtual classrooms. Mr Hannan discussed ongoing plans to create ‘smart schools’
that are connected to fire departments, health facilities and medical care, where data can also be shared and stored to improve student support services.
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