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29 March 2024

Dubai school principals plan ahead

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Bringing together educators to learn more about positive education and helping schools focus on wellbeing, happiness and holistic development of Dubai students, more than 100 school principals in Dubai came together at an event hosted by Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).

In a first for any city in the world, private schools following different curricula in Dubai are collaborating for good by embracing positive education values and supporting each other by sharing knowledge through the lighthouse project.

This year, as part of the initiative, schools will work towards discovering how 10 key character traits can help encourage schools to move towards positive education.

Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman and Director-General of KHDA, said: “It is exciting to see so many principals come together with the purpose of collaborating and sharing knowledge. Every school feels a sense of shared responsibility towards meeting the national agenda goals.”

Starting this year, school inspection results feature insights on progress made by individual schools in achieving national agenda goals. Dr. Rabaa Al Sumaiti, Director of International Assessments at KHDA explained the importance of National Agenda and its impact on the quality of education.

To assist schools in meeting their assigned targets, KHDA encourages collaboration between school principals. Inspiring educators to learn from each other, the lighthouse project shines a light on successful education practices.

Last year, principals worked together as part of the project to understand the success of countries who have improved their international assessment results. Some of the countries selected for the lighthouse project included Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Chile, Australia and Iran among others.

What is the UAE National Agenda?

The UAE National Agenda, which was developed by over 300 officials from 90 federal and local government entities, includes a set of national indicators in the sectors of education, healthcare, economy, police and security, housing, infrastructure and government services.

These indicators are long-term, measure performance outcomes in each of the national priorities, and generally compare the UAE against global benchmarks. The national indicators are periodically monitored by government leadership to ensure their targets are achieved by 2021.