Dubai Cares, in partnership with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), committed to demonstrating the efficacy of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) in improving the learning outcomes of over 87,000 boys and girls in primary education through the use of technology. The program focused on testing and validating models and methods that were cost-effective, efficient, and relevant to help the government fulfill its ambitions and plans for ICT capacity and use in schools nationwide.

The program ensured the implementation of effective, scalable models and methods to mainstream the use of ICT in teachers’ professional development and to support and guide teachers in using ICT in the classroom to improve teaching and learning. It reached 1,330 primary school teachers and 80 local education agents and officers. The program also improved access within 100 primary schools to appropriate ICT hardware and software, including the necessary infrastructure and contextually relevant, scalable digital content, benefiting over 1,330 teachers and 87,000 boys and girls. Additionally, it validated and delivered cost-effective and scalable modules and strategies to strengthen the capacity of 60 local education agents and officers so they could use ICT-enabled systems to provide regular and effective mentoring and support to teachers, as well as to monitor school performance and progress.