Samsung Electronics, claimed to be the market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, and Takaful Charity Foundation (TCF), enter into a partnership agreement to enrich the computer literacy and enhance the technological skills of children studying in Saudi public schools.

In a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday in Riyadh, Samsung undertakes to provide 2,500 hi-tech personal computers to 1,134 public schools for both boys and girls across the Kingdom.

Under the MoU, TCF will incorporate technology in the general education system and Samsung will assist by promoting the standard of education and developing the students’ technological skills and expanding their perceptions by supplying them with personal computers and make use of their experience, knowledge and expertise in executing the work.

TCF, which is in charge of the program’s administrative management, determines and selects the schools and beneficiaries of the program among 10-year-old students who are at least in Grade 5 level, in dire financial need, and showing interest in IT. TCF serves more than 180,000 students in about 20,000 schools all over the Kingdom.

KeeWon Park, GM, Samsung Electronics KSA, said: “Changing the world for the better is an achievable goal and it's much like achieving any other. Providing these students access to computers and knowledge about IT will not only motivate them to learn more, but to strive harder to gain skills that they feel will best suit them in their careers in the future.”

TCF Secretary General Mohammed Abdul Aziz Aloqeely stated: “We are delighted to be here today with one of the most innovative companies in the world, being able to incorporate technology with education, as this will highly benefit those in need and see them flourish in the near future at various universities and then into the employment market.”