ABU DHABI - Members of three taskforces commissioned by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) to set a bold, new policy framework for the future education system in the emirate have briefed General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on the outcomes of their meetings.
The taskforces focused on the three main areas of education, namely Post 12 education, vocational education, and higher education. Each task force comprised a large number of national and top international education experts from both academia and industry.
Work on the policy agenda follows the recent transfer of responsibilities for the education sector from the federal government to the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Meetings were held over a five-month period culminating in a three-day retreat session which brought members of the three taskforces together last week.
The purpose of the retreat was to agree and endorse all education policies considered and agreed upon in the work of the taskforces to date.
At the end of the three-day session, a meeting was arranged with Shaikh Mohammed to share the policies being proposed by the taskforces.
Shaikh Mohammed was briefed on the composition of the taskforces and the broad range of expertise they brought to the task. He was told that they came from all levels of education and brought an enormous range of diverse and complementary skills to the task.
He was also informed that during their deliberations the taskforces looked at examples of best practice in some of the world’s most successful education systems.
Shaikh Mohammed was briefed on the context and background of the work of the taskforces the purpose of which is to set down a new world-class education agenda for the emirate of Abu Dhabi.