Sharjah: 222 teachers taught to use Arabic e-learning app

The workshops guided teachers on ways to use the Horouf application when teaching students from different age groups.

Taking another step forward to promote Arabic through implementing e-learning in schools, Horouf Publishing Group has completed phase one of its workshops after training 222 female teachers in Sharjah to use the application on their tablets.
Horouf, which falls under the Kalimat Publishing Group, founded by Shaikha Budoor Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Kalimat Publishing Group, is a programme that is the first of its kind in the region and integrates modern technology into the Arabic learning experience.
The e-programme aims to provide a valuable tool that will enable educators and students to better use technology in the learning process.

A five-day workshop was held in collaboration with Sharjah Education Council and Sharjah Educational Zone, which included two training sessions for 97 teachers in the Eastern Region of Sharjah and three sessions for 125 teachers in the city of Sharjah.
The workshops guided teachers on ways to use the Horouf application and its features when teaching students from different age groups how to develop their Arabic language skills.

Shaikha Budoor, who inspected the workshops, pointed out the importance of training groups of teachers on how to use the Horouf application in order to link the students with the e-curriculum and help them access and use information electronically.

“We believe that it is essential to enable teachers and involve them in the development of educational programmes as they are in direct contact with students and are aware of their various educational needs,” said Shaikha Budoor.

The Horouf initiative was first launched by His Highness Shaikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, last September during a visit to the Kindergarten Development Centre in Khorfakkan.

Under the programme, all students and teachers in Sharjah’s government schools will receive tablets that have been equipped with a specially-designed Arabic language educational package completely free of charge. Developed in collaboration with Kalimat Publishing Group, the package includes new and innovative educational programmes in the Arabic language and training programmes for educators.

This initiative, which will be implemented over the coming five years, aims to make a breakthrough in Arabic language learning and cope with modern technological developments through specially designed programmes. The first phase, which will run in the 2013/2014 school year, will see 5,000 students and 250 teachers in kindergarten receiving tablets.

Supporting several educational programmes, Shaikha Budoor also added that through such initiatives, the UAE’s educational system will develop to meet the requirements of future growth. “We hope this initiative will help build a generation capable of dealing with contemporary technologies and using these technologies positively in scientific skill development and personal capacity building,” added Shaikha Budoor.

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