The Dubai government has launched a free e-learning education platform to cater for more than 50 million Arabic speaking students across the region and beyond.
“Madrasa” was launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, primeminister of the UAE, under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-MaktoumGlobal Initiatives (MBRGI).
It aims to be the largest free e-learning platform in theArab world, offering 5,000 world-class Arabic educational videos on subjectsincluding science and mathematics and targeting all levels of school studentsfrom kindergarten to grade 12.
The project provides unique educational materials in Arabic,available online at no charge to more than 50 million Arab students around theworld and is the culmination of the Translation Challenge, an effort to bringvolunteers together to translate 11 million words of educational content intoArabic.