Four e-smart classrooms open for Sharjah kindergarten

The classrooms are equipped with Horouf’s interactive educational applications.

A female student delivered a short speech at the end of the opening ceremony extending appreciation to His Highness Shaikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah for distributing tablets with installed interactive applications for students in kindergartens and schools in the Sharjah.

Shaikha Bodour toured the classrooms that have been equipped with TV screens and tablets to produce an integrated interactive educational experience based on Horouf’s smart applications. Shaikha Bodour said: “This day marks a milestone in the history of education in Sharjah and the UAE as it witnesses the opening of the first interactive kindergarten classrooms based, in their theoretical and practical forms, on technology and smart applications. It is a modern and integrated educational system especially designed for children in the Arabic language that helps improve and develop their capacity to cope with the requirements of future growth in all aspects of life the UAE.”

Fawzia Hassan Gharib, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Operations at the Ministry of Education said the accessibility of Horouf’s publications at libraries has been very well received by students as these materials have helped students develop their linguistic and personal skills, particularly with the use of modern and smart technology and tablets. Horouf, an imprint of Kalimat Group, has published printed books and electronic applications, to enable students in Sharjah’s schools benefit from the initiative.

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