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EF partners with Saudi Arabia's T4EDU as Ministry of Education Designates English Skills as Key Priority for the Kingdom's Future
The partnership which focuses on training English teachers across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia follows the announcement by the Ministry of Education (MoE) of its newly-established K-12 education development strategy. This identifies English language skills as a key competence and priority for the country's economic future and prosperity in the global market place. The strategy includes implementing English at a very early stage (4th grade) of the K-12 program to enable children and young adults to learn and grow into responsible and productive citizens.
, said Dr. Sami Alshwairkh , Director of ELT Development Initiative at T4EDU, because it recognizes that
The Kingdom's Education system currently employs over 27,000 English teachers in its middle and high school levels, and is set to expand further for the elementary levels in the coming year.
Having enrolled 2,000 English language teachers to EF's online school as a first step in the three year contract, Dr. Alshwairkh praised the partnership:
The partnership has drawn on EF's own in-house team of over 300 developers, design, artificial intelligence, content and linguistic specialists. This has resulted in over 2,000 hours of customized learning content that aligns closely with Saudi culture and values while maintaining the same quality and effectiveness of EF's award-winning teaching methodology.
Jesper Knutell , Vice President, EF Corporate Language Learning Solutions, commented: Referring to EF's capacity, Mr Knutell continues: " ."
EF already enjoys several partnerships with various government entities to help thousands of teachers and students in language training, including with the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) and, in Saudi Arabia , with the Saudi Electronic University.
EF's online school is used by millions of students and thousands of companies around the world to improve their English skills faster than traditional classroom methods. The cloud-based school offers courses from beginner to advanced level and uses cutting edge technology including virtual classrooms and advanced speech recognition to bring students and teachers together.
The strategic partnership with T4EDU is an important step for EF in its future expansion in the region.
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