Ministry of Education Discusses AI-Driven Education Development with Google Cloud - Sarmad
Minister of Education Sayed Jalal Al-Tabatabai emphasized the importance of digital projects and artificial intelligence during a meeting with a Google Cloud delegation, attended by Khaled Al-Rashid, Mazen Abdullah, and Shaima Al-Turkiet.
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
Education Minister Sayed Jalal Al-Tabatabaee emphasized the importance of monitoring digital projects in accordance with 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 plan to reform the educational system, and that the success of technological initiatives depends on their contribution to empowering teachers, developing the school environment, and improving learning outcomes.
This statement came in a remark by Minister Al-Tabatabaee, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Education, following the minister’s reception of a delegation from Google Cloud. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister Dr. Khaled Al-Rashid, several ministry executives, Mazen Abdullah, Head of the Education Sector for the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, Shaima Al-Turkiet, Regional Director for Google Cloud in Kuwait, and several company representatives.
The statement noted that the meeting discussed updates on 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.
It added that the meeting also reviewed ongoing projects, outlined their implementation stages, and discussed proposed technical solutions to develop them and maximize their benefits in the educational field.
Updates on the “Smart School Albus” project were also presented, whose pilot phase was launched at Jumana 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 for measuring its impact on educational practices, teacher efficiency, and student engagement levels, which will contribute to evaluating the trial’s results and identifying opportunities for future expansion.
The meeting also discussed developments in the project to train male and female teachers on using artificial intelligence tools provided by Google for Education, which targets more than 40,000 teachers. The discussion included monitoring implementation stages and expanding the scope of benefits to enhance the digital skills of educational staff, support the development of teaching methods, prepare educational content, and design classroom activities using modern technologies.
