ICT Fund, the funding arm of the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA), participated in the “Living Arabic- Go Digital” event that was launched by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA). ICT Fund’s participation comes in the framework of the immense efforts it exerts to enrich the digital Arabic content and empower its presence on the digital platforms.

In this context, Engineer Omar Mahmoud, Acting CEO, ICT Fund said “ICT Fund launched the Arabic digital content initiative to empower the researches and the initiatives that aim at fortifying the presence of the Arabic content on the digital platforms in an innovative way. The fund also invests in developing tools and supporting initiatives that can achieve a quantum leap in the Arabic digital content quality. This event marked an ideal venue for us to introduce the educational filed to this initiative as numerous teachers and experts who are concerned with the Arabic language attended the event. Teachers are role models and they are the ones who lay the foundation for the next generations’ knowledge. In light of this, raising the awareness of teachers is equal to raising the awareness of the next generations as they are considered our messengers to them.”

 ICT Fund’s contribution encompassed presenting the initiative’s vision which aims at fortifying the presence of the Arabic content on digital platforms and encouraging the use of the language in the everyday life and adopting it in all governmental entities. The fund provided an adequate explanation about the initiative’s goals which include encouraging creative minds to write and blog in Arabic with the aim of encouraging Arabic content digital publishing, in addition to launching awareness campaigns through media and supporting the Arabic localization of applications and programs. ICT Funs also presented valuable research proposals on the development of software and content management systems, operating systems and the Arabic translation tools.

 It is noteworthy to mention that “Living Arabic” initiative is a program launched by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority and aims at sharing the successful experience of Arabic teachers in Dubai private schools. These experiences are related to teaching the Arabic language in a way that suits students’ demands and passion. The program also focuses on empowering effective communication between the authority and parents through launching a smart platform named my “My Family”. This platform enables the authority to communicate directly with parents and benefit from their experiences, in addition to cooperating with them to achieve the aspired goals. The platform also grants parents and schools with access to information related to education in Dubai.