Schools ushered into the digital age

As part of the effort to digitally transform school education, the Education Ministry plans to introduce interactive whiteboards and robotics systems. The supply and installation of these systems will, for instance, allow a student to learn about changes in the human body not just theoretically with pictures in their textbooks, but also through an interactive whiteboard or a machine - a robot that they have built themselves. The same can happen with foreign languages or geography.

The new technology aims to enhance the implementation of the new curriculum drafted by the ministry with its Institute of Education Policy (IEP) and the new philosophy it brings to the educational process, placing emphasis on experiential learning and the enhancement of students' skills.

In particular, the ministry will install 36,000 interactive systems in primary, secondary and vocational...