In cooperation with “Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Government
Innovation” during the Innovation Month, the Ministry of Education (MoE) is
organizing various activities in the Expo, from 11 to 16 February. This is in
line with the wise leadership’s directions to support innovation, achieve
sustainable development, and harness the potentials, capabilities, and
scientific foundations to achieve UAE’s excellence in the areas of leadership
and innovation.
The MoE has organized over the past few years the National Science,
Technology, and Innovation Festival, as part of the activities of the
Innovation Month. The Festival will be organized this year in the beginning of
March, as students are currently working on developing their innovative, scientific
projects, which have qualified for participation in this year’s edition. A
press conference will also be held to share the updates for this year’s
edition, the development initiatives, and the expected number of participants
from students and other categories.
The activities that will be held in the Expo include a workshop on the
Innovation and Future of Appraisal in the World, which will review the
innovations in the national contests and the latest global appraisal
innovations that will change the face of appraisal. Collaborative innovation
sessions will also be held to engage the public and beneficiaries of the
existing initiatives of the MoE in devising innovative plans to enhance and
develop such initiatives and boost their effect in the coming years.
Another activity will be organizing the UAE’s Innovation Council, which
will include holding a series of seminars on academic research in the critical
areas, which are regarded as national priority, in particular science and
technology. A session will be held and will include an interactive, dialogue
platform for academic researchers, who are leading significant innovative
projects. The session will focus on theoretical and marketing innovation,
success stories from a research-related perspective, and raising the awareness on the level of research
at the UAE’s universities and research and development institutions.
HE Dr. Amna Al-Dhahak Al-Shamsi, Assistant Undersecretary for Care &
Capacity Building Sector, Director of Innovation at the MoE, said that
innovation activities reflected the vision of the wise leadership of making
innovation the purpose and basis for development, nurturing the human resources,
and providing them with all the capacities that would help them develop
themselves and serve their country. She added that this would help achieve
development, prosperity, and leadership, based on scientific enablers.
HE stressed that the MoE was keen, by organizing innovation events, on reviewing
innovative projects and boosting innovation. She said that this would
eventually instill innovation a in the thought and culture of the community and
qulaify the Emirati citizens, whom she said were the real investment if we
wanted to achieve the desired renaissance and maintain the gains and our values
on the path to success and excellence. She pointed out that innovation was part
of the national strategies that would provide the state sectors with the tools
of sustainability.
She said that innovation was a basic factor in the comprehensive
development and a real pillar to establish it, particularly in the education
sector, which she said was the real criteria to evaluate the progress of
countries. She added that the MoE was keen on harnessing all the capabilities
to activate innovation methods and trigger initiatives related to it.
HE Dr. Amna Al-Shamsi pointed out that technology was used to serve and
develop the education system and instill the concept of innovation in the
students’ minds. She added that the MoE urged the students to be creative,
participate positively in the promotion of the national development and
prosperity process in the various areas, and direct their innovative energies
to make great achievements in the fields of science, technology, and innovation,
in order to realize the UAE Centennial 2071.
12/02/2022
