Smart schools to be opened soon -- Ministry

KUWAIT, July 26 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Education is to open many smart schools in the future where they use technology platform as a medium between different locations, i.e school and home, without comprising the quality of education.
The Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Bader Al-Essa told the press on Tuesday that these smart schools will drastically improve education in the country.
He made this remark after opening a smart school (Um Kalthom bin Oqba) in Eshbilya area.
The opening of this school was carried out before its designated dateline which was supposed to be in October 2016; many more schools will be opened before the school year starts, the Minister said. He added that KD 2.9 million was put into carrying out this smart schools project.
A smart school is one that uses a technology platform as medium on which distance learning and specific teaching expertise are made available to remote locations including the home, without compromise to the quality of information transfer and certified teaching methods developed locally, regionally or internationally. (end) mrf.nfm