At a time when technology has never been so advanced and accessible, children beginning their education journey today are on a profoundly different path to that walked by previous generations. Some of their older parents will remember the days when photographs were developed from rolls of film, important messages were sent in the post and “google it” was not an option; their children live in a word of instant communication and unparalleled access to collected human knowledge.

In the UAE, not only are many classrooms equipped with the latest digital teaching aids, many pupils already have some form of smartphone – effectively a handheld computer that would have been considered incredibly advanced just two decades ago. These changed circumstances are spurring the evolution of UAE education policy. “Our responsibility is to equip our........

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