AED 100 million fund to support Digital schools and Emirates Red Crescent

The Digital School; a multi-platform online school empowering refugees and underprivileged students in the region and around the world, and the Emirates Red Crescent have signed a strategic partnership to establish the Digital School Fund with AED 100 million. 

The agreement was signed during the World Government Summit 2023, and focuses on cooperating to launch the largest initiative to support digital education, allocating funding sources for the Digital School's projects, enhancing the initiative's logistical operations, and providing advanced digital education using smart solutions to more than one million students.

The strategic partnership was signed by Hamoud Abdullah Al Junaibi, ERC's Deputy Secretary-General, and Dr. Waleed Al Ali, the Digital School Secretary-General.

The strategic partnership will help the Digital School to facilitate smarter and more flexible remote-education opportunities in countries facing challenges in the education process.

He stated that the Emirates Red Crescent’s interest in these smart partnerships, which embody its vision of unity and joined efforts in order to advance education in countries and regions that face humanitarian crises and development challenges in this regard; all of which, in turn, affirms The Emirates Red Crescent undertaking to devise solutions that make education accessible to anyone, anywhere, and under any circumstances, despite crises and emergencies, believing in the importance of education in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Dr. Hamdan Musallam Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emirates Red Crescent commented; "There is no doubt that this fund will contribute immensely to achieving the goals of the Digital School, which is considered a major milestone in the e-learning process; the creation of a modern technical education system that meets the needs of students in refugee camps and the most vulnerable segments of society; relies on IT and AI; and contributes to the continuation of their education process despite challenges," noting that the initiative will also bring about a significant leap in the level and quality of educational services directed to these segments.

The Digital School, which was launched in November 2020 under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, as part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, is considered to be the first complete digital school of its kind.