Spreading Education & Knowledge

Our Achievements in 2022

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Spreading Education and Knowledge

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) pays special focus to Spreading Education and Knowledge that serve as the basis of building nations through investing in its main resource: the human capital. To achieve its vision, the Foundation’s numerous initiatives, projects and campaigns are dedicated to supporting educational systems in developing countries and facilitating necessary resources to create innovative and high-quality school environments.

Entities and initiatives devoted to Spreading Education and Knowledge essentially provide basic education to ensure a better future for young generations. As part of its efforts to fight illiteracy, MBRGI seeks to develop educational cadres and build facilities equipped with the latest technologies, as well as implement vocational education programmes that empower students in disadvantaged societies to improve their lives and lift their families out of poverty. Through this pillar, the MBRGI develops knowledge-oriented programmes and projects, aiming to foster a culture of knowledge among youth in the Arab world, and equip and build a well-informed generation capable of responding to challenges in their societies effectively.

Entities dedicated to Spreading Education and Knowledge

Dubai Cares

Since its inception in 2007, Dubai Cares has been working towards providing children and young people in developing countries with access to quality education through the design and funding of programs that aim to be integrated, impactful, sustainable and scalable. To date, Dubai Cares’ education programmes have touched the lives of 20 million beneficiaries in more than 60 countries. Dubai Cares plays a key role in helping achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning for all by 2030.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation

Established in 2007, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation aims to empower future generations to develop innovative solutions that facilitate knowledge and research in the Arab world. Committed to the creation of knowledge-based societies, the Foundation funds projects and initiatives that address development, education, research and development, translation and publishing. It also hosts international knowledge and science awards to strengthen the UAE’s status on the knowledge map.

Knowledge Summit

Organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, the annual Knowledge Summit brings together international experts to discuss programmes and ideas that support knowledge and to address ways to disseminate knowledge around the world.

Mohammed bin Rashid Arabic Language Award

The Mohammed bin Rashid Arabic Language Award was launched in 2014 to recognise outstanding contributions to support the Arabic language in the areas of education, media, Arabisation, technology, preservation and dissemination of the Arab linguistic heritage.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award

Launched in 2015, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award seeks to highlight the importance of sharing and disseminating knowledge as key to global development and, ultimately, the prosperity of nations. It aims to encourage those working in knowledge-related fields to innovate and create new ways to spread knowledge around the world, and honour outstanding knowledge contributions that have benefitted humanity globally.

Arab Reading Challenge

As the largest-ever Arab knowledge initiative, the Arab Reading Challenge (ARC) seeks to instil the habit of reading Arabic-language literature among young students. The annual Challenge was launched in the 2015–2016 academic year, initially inviting students from grades 1 to 12 across the Arab region to participate, before expanding in scope to include Arab students from all over the world. The Challenge runs throughout the school year in staged qualifiers, beginning at class level, to school, country and regional levels, leading up to crowning the ARC Champion at the final ceremony in Dubai.

Mohammed bin Rashid Library Foundation

The Mohammed bin Rashid Library was announced in 2016 to support and boost the UAE’s comprehensive strategy to be a cultural beacon. The Library, one of the largest facilities in the Arab world, houses millions of printed, digital and audio books. The one-million square-feet library aims to play an active role in disseminating knowledge through several initiatives to attract writers, researchers and thinkers from across the region and the world.

Madrasa E-learning Platform

The Madrasa e-Learning Platform was launched in 2018 to provide free, high-quality Arabic educational content to millions of Arab students across the world. The Platform hosts more than 5,000 high-tech science and math video lessons and 1,000 Arabic language lessons, custom designed based on the latest international curricula, to promote self-learning and improve the learning outcomes for students from kindergarten to grade 12. With aims to develop the wider educational system in the Arab world, the digital platform also features more than 200 illustrated children’s stories. In the first three months following its inception, over 1.5 million students joined the platform, generating over 4 million views. The platform is the outcome of the Translation Challenge, the biggest of its kind in the Arab world, which called on translators, researchers and volunteers to translate 5,000 videos and 11 million words of educational content to Arabic to reach over 50 million Arab students.

The Digital School

Launched in November 2020, The Digital School provides smart and flexible remote learning opportunities, powered by cutting-edge technologies and artificial intelligence, to enable students in underserved communities to have access to quality education. As the first comprehensive online school in the Arab world, it will work to chart new milestones in the future of digital learning globally, with aims to reach one million students within five years.

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