Lieutenant General His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, launched, during a virtual ceremony, the ‘Aqdar Digitally Safe Schools’ initiative, which aims to build a smart security infrastructure in schools, making the UAE the first country in the world to apply the concept of a digital safe school to all its government schools And private, according to European Union standards for a safe internet.
Sharjah 24 – WAM:Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and in cooperation between the Ministry of Education, the Khalifa Empowerment Program “Aqdar” and the Advanced Technology Group “EDGE”, the team launched His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister The Minister of the Interior, during a virtual ceremony, is the initiative “Aqdar for digitally safe schools”, which aims to build a smart security structure in schools, making the UAE the first country in the world to apply the concept of a digitally safe school to all its public and private schools, in accordance with European Union standards for a safe Internet.
His Highness and the attendees witnessed the ceremony held on this occasion, which included a video presentation of the initiative and the stages it went through, along with speeches from a number of attendees, and his Highness witnessed the signing of the agreement to launch the initiative by representatives of the partners.
His Highness extended his thanks and appreciation to everyone who contributed to launching this pioneering initiative, appreciating the efforts of the partners from the public and private sectors who provided the facilities and support for its launch.
The ceremony was attended “remotely” by Her Highness Sheikha Mariam bint Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chair of the Supreme Committee, member of the Board of Trustees of the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, Her Highness Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Board of Trustees of the Authority, and His Excellency Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister Education, Her Excellency Jameela Bint Salem Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Public Education Affairs, His Excellency Hessa bint Issa Bu Hamid, Minister of Community Development, His Excellency Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, His Excellency Eng. Abdul Rahman Al Hammadi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Supervision and Support Services Saeed Muhammad Al Nazri, Director General of the Federal Youth Foundation, His Excellency Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, His Excellency Counselor Abdullah Abdul Jabbar Al Majid, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice, His Excellency Moza Al Akraf Al Suwaidi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, and His Excellency Dr. Muhammad Hamad Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity To the government of the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency Faisal Al Bannai, CEO and Managing Director of the Advanced Technology Group “Edge”, and His Excellency Fahad Salem Ahmed Al-Kiyumi, Deputy Government Support Department in Abu Dhabi, and members of the Digital Life Quality Council.
The “Aqdar for Digitally Safe Schools” is a national initiative based on the highest and most recent global systems and standards for Internet censorship in the field of education. It is applied for the first time in the world of this size and quality. The initiative won the first place award in the WSIS Awards from the United Nations in the field of The role of governments in technical development.
The initiative follows approved policies in digital safety, and adopts strengthening and developing the infrastructure to be able to face the challenges and risks of hacking and cyber-infiltration, so that schools have educational and awareness programs for students, teachers and parents on the foundations of safety and digital challenges, and are equipped with protection programs on all their computers within the directives and vision The wise leadership and its keenness to develop a safe environment for students, in the preparation of an educated generation that emulates all the challenges and aspirations, which is a national priority, to promote the UAE’s development process and achieve its future aspirations.
His Excellency Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, expressed in a speech during the ceremony, his sincere thanks, gratitude and gratitude to Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, for his constant support by granting care to societal and educational issues, through the directives of His Highness Continuing to search for the best ways, initiatives and programs to advance the issues affecting society, including students, and the elements of the educational process.
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