Education Minister discusses developing AI solutions in education with 'Google Cloud' delegation
Education Minister Jalal Al-Tabtabaee discussed AI projects, the Albus smart school, and teacher training with a Google Cloud delegation.
Translated by Qiyas from الراي — Original source
- Continue monitoring digital projects based on clear performance indicators and measuring their actual impact on the quality of education.
- The success of technological initiatives is linked to their contribution to empowering teachers, developing the school environment, and improving learning outcomes.
- Reviewing the latest developments of the “Albus Smart School” project and ways to develop the educational environment with “Google Cloud.”
- Training more than 40,000 male and female teachers on artificial intelligence tools as part of the collaboration with “Google.”
Education Minister Jalal Al-Tabataba held discussions with a delegation from “Google Cloud” regarding the latest developments in joint digital education projects, and ways to enhance the use of modern technologies and artificial intelligence to support the educational process, improve the efficiency of educational staff, and enhance learning outcomes.
The Ministry of Education stated on Wednesday that this came during a meeting between Al-Tabataba, attended by Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Khaled Al-Rashid and several ministry executives, with Mazen Abdullah, Director of the Education Sector for the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, and Shaima Al-Turkiet, Regional Director of “Google Cloud” in Kuwait, along with several company representatives. The meeting focused on monitoring ongoing projects, reviewing their implementation stages, and discussing proposed technical solutions to develop them and enhance their utilization in the educational field.
The meeting also reviewed the latest developments of the “Albus Smart School” project, whose pilot phase launched at Jamana bint Abi Talib Secondary School. The two sides discussed implementation stages, technical and operational challenges facing the project, and proposed digital solutions to address them. They also explored mechanisms to measure its impact on educational practices, teacher efficiency, and student engagement levels, contributing to the evaluation of the trial’s results and identifying opportunities for future expansion.
The meeting further discussed developments in the teacher training project on using artificial intelligence tools provided by “Google for Education,” which targets more than 40,000 male and female teachers. The discussion covered monitoring implementation stages and expanding the scope of benefits to enhance the digital skills of educational staff, support the development of teaching methods, educational content creation, and classroom activity design using modern technologies.
The meeting also addressed opportunities to develop innovative digital solutions that respond to the needs of the educational field, enhance integration between systems and educational platforms, and focus on improving performance efficiency, simplifying procedures, and practically and sustainably leveraging technology to serve school environment requirements and support the educational development journey.
Al-Tabataba emphasized the importance of continuing to monitor digital projects based on clear performance indicators and measuring their actual impact on the quality of education. He stressed that digital transformation is one of the main pillars of the educational system reform plan, and that the success of technological initiatives is linked to their contribution to empowering teachers, developing the school environment, and improving learning outcomes.
