Iavoloha’s number one gave a speech yesterday in Dubai during the plenary session on acceleration and government transformation.
The Malagasy delegation will not return empty-handed from its mission to Dubai. It’s now official. The Malagasy Government and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement for the implementation of the program in Madagascar » Digital school » et « Coders Initiative “. A related memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday at the Al Johara All Hotel in Dubai. It was the Malagasy Minister of National Education, Sahondrarimalala Marie Michelle, and the Amirati Minister of State in charge of Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Economy and Teleworking Applications, Omar Sultan Al Olama, who signed their signature for this agreement. This ceremony marks the start of the partnership process between the two countries in the field of education.
Reform. For this second term, President Andry Rajoelina plans to bring about real reform of the education sector and professional training by promoting initiatives favoring the use of new technologies. As a reminder, the Digital school project represents one of the humanitarian initiatives launched by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, which aims to shape the future of global education by using modern technologies to expand educational opportunities, by using cutting-edge knowledge, experience and systems that have proven to be effective in developing a forward-looking and realistic vision and approach. The aim being to promote efforts to disseminate education through digital media and support the education SDGs, by providing a flexible learning methodology that takes into account the personal needs of each learner and them enabling the development of knowledge and skills through advanced artificial intelligence and digital applications; to provide learning opportunities for students and groups who wish to learn wherever they are and whatever the circumstances, and to provide an integrated program in line with the national curriculum for different academic levels, in order to serve as an option and additional motivation for students and for those who wish to learn and improve their standard of living; support digital education efforts and establish key foundations and standards for digital education in the region and globally.
Satisfaction. According to the Head of State, this initiative aims to train one million students. The memorandum of understanding signed yesterday in Dubai provides for an exchange of experiences and good practices between the two countries. But also registration in the Alliance for the Future of Digital Learning, collaboration on the development and application of best practices and standards for digital learning, the implementation of pilot and development projects, as well as as the development of educational content. In his speech yesterday during the plenary session of the World Government Summit, President Andry Rajoelina expressed his satisfaction with this collaboration with the Emirati government. “ With the United Arab Emirates, we have the confidence of having a partner with quality know-how and experience to support Madagascar towards rapid and sustainable development. “, did he declare.
Charm offensive. Indeed, for this trip, the Malagasy delegation also aims to launch a charm offensive and promote Madagascar to world leaders and investors. President Andry is lobbying to encourage investors to set up in Madagascar. And he maintains that “with regard to Madagascar, the largest island on the African continent with its 5,000 km of coastline, positions itself as a bridge between Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the entire region. Indian Ocean. Home to 5% of the world’s biodiversity, the country’s wealth is just waiting to be exploited to achieve the development long awaited for decades.
“3 Andrews”. President Andry Rajoelina also spoke, in front of the 4,000 guests at the World Government Summit, about the priority programs included in his “3 Andrys” of development. Madagascar being a country with a young population, it intends to prioritize professional training to reduce the unemployment rate. Andry Rajoelina also provided an overview of the achievements but also of the projects to be implemented to catch up with Madagascar’s development gap, particularly in the areas of agriculture, energy and health. He expressed Madagascar’s ambition to once again become the rice basket of the Indian Ocean through the establishment of fertilizer factories and the promotion of affordable seeds, the installation of 60 solar parks across the country. in order to improve the energy sector, and the project “ It will be clear to you » aimed at providing access to electricity for 4 million households. Under the leadership of Iavoloha’s number one, Madagascar was at the forefront and was considered a major player in this 11e edition of the World Government Summit 2024. The audience, made up of Heads of State and Government, ministers, opinion leaders, young people, investors and representatives of civil societies coming from more than 190 countries, expressed his interest during the TGV intervention. Unless there is any change, President Andry Rajoelina will have several bilateral meetings today on the sidelines of this Dubai Summit. To cite only his planned interviews with the president of the United Arab Emirates and with the Indian Prime Minister.
