JEDDAH, 14 December 2007 — Saudi Arabia is set to spend $15 billion in 2007 on the education sector, primarily to fund existing and open new universities in the Kingdom as part of its movement toward giving top priority to the development of higher education.
In line with this, Edutech Middle East, a leading provider of technology-enabled learning solutions, has announced that it has completed the implementation of an extensive eLearning system for the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) in Saudi Arabia.
As a part of the university’s plan to utilize a complete Course Management System throughout its campus, Edutech configured and installed “Blackboard Academic Suite” and deployed “Smartboard” technology.
In order to design a complete turnkey solution extending beyond its present range of products, Edutech analyzed PMU’s academic area, student interests and environment to determine the challenges of the university and the students’ needs. As a result of this intensive study, Edutech has implemented an extensive Learning Management System, which provides the right set of navigational tools for faculty and students to access learning resources.
In addition, fully equipped English language laboratories with internally linked computers, access to Internet and touch-screen controls, were also made operational by Edutech consultants.
“The Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University aspires to be one of the leading contributors to the Kingdom’s development, by ensuring that our students possess the right set of competencies and technical knowledge to face the country’s development challenges. With this in mind, we have partnered with Edutech to design a comprehensive customized learning system, which will complement our academic program. We are positive that the highly effective technologies that Edutech has provided us will largely aid PMU in producing professionals, who will comprise the region’s future leaders in different sectors of society,” said Dr. Nassar M. Shaikh, Vice Rector, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University.
In the recent years, there have been widespread concerns regarding the large-scale movement of Saudi students overseas in pursuit of a higher quality educational experience.
