Dubai Cares launches e-platform for Paraguay teachers

Dubai Cares, part of the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiative, has announced the launch of the “Educate, Learn and Innovate through an E-platform” (ELITE) programme.

This programme is set to provide professional development for teachers as well as support 50,000 students across Paraguay with access to quality education.

During the World Government Summit (WGS) held in February 2019, the programme was discussed in the Global Council on Sustainable Development Goal’s (SDG 4 – Quality Education) meeting and members discussed innovative solutions for current education challenges globally. The discussions resulted in designing an educational programme, which is in line with the Paraguayan digital learning strategy.

The Global Council on SDG 4, chaired by Irina Bokova, Former Director General of UNESCO, and co-chaired by Dr Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer at Dubai Cares.

The Government of Paraguay connected with Dubai Cares at the summit to explore potential support towards the country’s education system.

The Dh11,020,500 programme is implemented in partnership with Paraguay Educa and took almost a year and a half in negotiating and design. This platform aims to foster learning among children from primary and secondary schools and support teachers’ professional development by providing access to an educational cutting-edge portal known as META.

The portal is developed and designed to provide resources, methodologies and online communities to support and enhance the teaching-learning process.