‘Professional and Practical Training Programme’ for Emirati students
The ‘Professional and Practical Training Programme’ is designed for Emirati students, from the ninth grade to their final year of higher education. It aims to facilitate their integration into the private sector, bridging the gap between the education system and the labour market.
The pilot phase of the programme will run for one year, bringing together 3,500 students from various stages of their education. Following this phase, it will expand over 5 years to include all students in these grades.
Objectives
The programme aims to:
The programme pursues the following three approaches:
Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) launched this programme in collaboration with Ministry of Education.
Ministerial Resolution No. 620 of 2023 Regarding the Pilot Phase of the Professional Training Programme for Emirati Students. (PDF, 213KB) provides more information about the programme, including:
Read news coverage on the website of MoHRE.
'Jahiz’ - Future government talents
‘Jahiz’ is an interactive digital platform for empowering federal government employees with emerging skills for the future. It aims to enhance the UAE Government’s readiness through upskilling all government talents with 20 major future skills to keep pace with the rapidly changing world and the emerging trends that will impact the future, so that they can support the performance, productivity, efficiency and future readiness of the UAE Government.
Future Skills programme
Future Skills is a training programme for a period of 12 months, targeting students, employees, and others who wish to join the labour market through working in a technology-based future job. The programme consists of specialized courses, including lectures, workshops and sessions that aim to exchange experiences via LinkedIn.
National Program for Artificial Intelligence
The government launched the UAE National Program for Artificial Intelligence – BRAIN which defines and underlines various initiatives, collaborations, partnerships and breakthroughs in the field of AI. These initiatives include:
The British University in Dubai launched the first Bachelor Degree in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the country to educate the young generation to implement AI technologies across all sectors of life. Omar Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, inaugurated the new specialisation offered as part of the computer science programme, which will teach undergraduates related sciences, coding and programming.
The National Program for Artificial Intelligence made an agreement with Dell EMC to train 500 Emirati students in artificial intelligence via an internship programme. The UAE AI internship programme aims at bridging the gap in the skills required in the technology sector and supporting youth and improving their potential to enable them to meet future challenges in the rapidly changing technology sector.
The AI summer and spring camps’ programme focuses on empowering high school students, university students and government executives to lead AI and transform it into a strategic power that supports economy and boosts the UAE’s position globally in all fields.
The National Program for Artificial Intelligence launched a one-year AI training programme for government employees.
ICT Fund
The UAE's ICT Fund aims to develop the UAE's capabilities in the field of information and communication technology. The ICT Fund seeks to strengthen the technological education of Emiratis at school, undergraduate and graduate levels in partnership with universities and research organisations, as well as individual research projects in various universities.
Ibtekr platform
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) launched its first interactive platform, ‘Ibtekr’ (innovate) which aims to build capabilities of the Arab world and to share the successful government innovation models of the UAE. The platform offers high-quality massive open online courses (MOOCs) for free for all Arabic speakers, and grants students accredited certificates from the MBRCGI.
Implementing the Emirati School ModelIn the academic year 2017-2018, the UAE implemented the new Emirati School model, which ensures a rich curriculum, excellence in course material and skill and a unified education vision at the national level. The new curriculum focuses on building critical thinking skills, developing innovation and teamwork among students, in addition to utilising information technology in problem solving.
One Million Arab Coders initiative
In October 2017, H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, launched the initiative of ‘One Million Arab Coders'. The initiative seeks to provide free online training to one million young Arabs, equip them with the knowledge of coding and programming and prepare them for job opportunities in a knowledge and ICT-based economy.
Madrasa - the eLearning platform
The UAE launched Madrasa, a free eLearning platform that provides 5,000 free videos translated in Arabic covering the subjects of general science, math, biology, chemistry and physics. The initiative aims to create a new generation of qualified Arab researchers, scientists, innovators and inventors capable of building knowledge-based societies. The platform also establishes the foundations of self-learning methodology, along with the traditional educational institution.
The UAE Hackathon
Data has become one of the most important features of the digital era, and the focus on data in terms of its understanding, analysis and employment has become one of the most important highlights in the transformation towards a digital and knowledge economy. The UAE Government organises a nationwide annual Hackathon to encourage data analysis which an integral part of current and future skills.
EmiratesSkills
EmiratesSkills is an initiative of Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET). It aims to improve the competency levels of the UAE’s youth and prepare them for the future skills and a sustainable knowledge–based economy. Its activities are focused on raising the awareness of career-based technical and vocational education among young Emiratis by organising competitions, events, training programmes and technical career activities.
EmiratesSkills offers students opportunities to participate and compete in national, regional and world skills competitions, and for continuous benchmarking with international skills standards.
Skills competitions also include juniors aged between 12 and 15 years and people of determination (people with special needs).
Learn more about EmiratesSkills and how to join.
The Emirates Youth Professional School (EYPS) - a crowdsourcing model
In August 2019, the UAE Government launched the Emirates Youth Professional School (EYPS) which aims to provide learners aged between 15 and 35 with vocational skills and career development opportunities to prepare them for the labour market through continuous education. The school is based on a crowdsourcing model that utilises a mix of practical and theoretical learning offered for free by various teachers, institutions, experts and professionals. The school is an initiative of the Federal Youth Authority. It will open in November 2019 to bridge gaps between the conventional academic learning and the rapidly changing labour market.
Read more about the initiatives for youth in the UAE.
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