Archive for the 'schools' Category

The first online school in the UAE

Highlights from ‘The National’ article The first online school in the country is looking to recruit pupils for the next academic year. K12 International Academy has so far attracted 17 students to its home schooling courses and hopes to increase this to 200 by the start of the 2008-09 academic year. The school is the [...]

May 24th, 2008 | Posted in courses, dubai knowledge and human development authority, education, KHDA, online learning, schools, study, United Arab Emirates | No Comments

School Bus Locator & ‘Child-now-in-School’ SMS Informer

After the death of a 4-year old left behind in a school bus in Abu Dhabi, 2 software companies have developed software to help track the school bus and to inform the parents by SMS once the child reaches the school. Read the full Gulf News article here. Great idea! I hope the RTA also [...]

May 19th, 2008 | Posted in Abu Dhabi, bus, child, children, Dubai, schools, software, United Arab Emirates | No Comments