The Ministry of Education and Higher Education discussed, during a remote meeting, with the Association of Arab Universities and the Arab Federation for the Digital Economy, arrangements for launching the Arab platform for digital education, which aims to support and provide relief to higher education students in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip.

This came with the participation of Undersecretary Basri Saleh, the Federation of Arab Universities and the Digital Economy, a number of general directors, advisors, heads of units in the ministry, and representatives of Palestinian higher education institutions.

The Ministry indicated that the platform aims to help Gaza students complete their education after they stopped studying due to the ongoing occupation aggression, which caused the killing of thousands of students and academics, and the destruction of a large number of higher education institutions in the Strip.

It pointed out that it also aims to provide an integrated digital platform for education and training at a low cost, which includes diverse educational content in different languages for accredited Arab universities, institutes and training centers, in addition to providing the opportunity to spread science and knowledge throughout the Arab world, noting that the platform will be free for Palestinian universities in the stage. The first.

In this context, Saleh stressed the importance of this platform in providing an educational environment for Palestinian students, especially for students in the Gaza Strip, who were deprived of completing their education due to the aggressive war that has been ongoing for months.

Saleh thanked the Association of Arab Universities and the Arab Federation for the Digital Economy for this initiative, which confirms support and support for the higher education sector in Palestine, which contributes to helping Gaza students continue their education despite all the circumstances and challenges present.