Etisalat to deliver high school results to students within minutes of their release

In partnership with the Ministry of Education, Etisalat has launched 'High School Results 2005' to enable High school students as well as friends and family members to receive SMS notifications of their result on their mobile phones, minutes after the results are announced by the Ministry of Education. Students will also be able to access detailed results on EW@P

Dr. Jamal Mohammed Al Muhairi, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Youth, said: 'For the third successive year, we are working with Etisalat to help sooth the worries that usually goes with the announcement of high school results by optimizing the use of technology. This saves students and their parents any hassle or tension, and ensures that results are delivered to students and parents outside the country.'

Mohammed Al Fahim, Etisalat's Executive Vice President of Marketing, said: 'Extending this service to multiple technology platforms is a response to increasing demand from high school students. This year, there are around 30,000 students taking exams, and they will no longer have to wait impatiently for the results, because we will notify them within minutes of the official announcement by the Ministry of Education.'

To subscribe to the SMS service, students have to send an SMS containing their Student Seat ID to short code 1111. Etisalat will then send a message to confirm the Student ID, and the mobile user has to confirms the details by sending 'R' to Short Code 1111. Completing the registration enables users to receive their results on the registered mobile immediately after the official announcement by the Ministry.

Students and their families can also view the details of their examination results on EW@P and Mnet (GPRS). When logging on to the service on the EW@P, Mnet (GPRS) and Internet, students need to enter their examination seat number and they will immediately be given access to details of their results. Students can subscribe to EW@P and Mnet (GPRS) by calling 122 for Wasel customers and 125 for postpaid GSM customers.

For further information on the service, mobile users can call Etisalat Contact Center at 101.

Last year, 42,000 mobile users registered to receive High School Results by SMS notification, while the total number of students was less than 30,000. Within 20 minutes of the results being released by the Ministry, all registered users received the SMS notification. This year, Etisalat has renewed its commitment to the local community by offering attractive rates of 50 fils per SMS. Registration is open from June 15 until the announcement of results and requires only two short messages.

'Ministry of Education launches this new service in cooperation with Etisalat which is considered amongst the leading initiatives in the region and enables the UAE to empower its people with the latest technologies,' added Al Fahim.