Intel celebrates three millionth teacher milestone

Celebrating this milestone, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah attended an award ceremony held by Intel, which recognized the three millionth teacher to have completed the program, Jordanian Bothayna ElHabahba.

Intel Teach to the Future is part of the Intel Innovation in Education Initiative, a sustained commitment - in collaboration with educators and government leaders worldwide - to help today's students develop the higher-level thinking skills they need to participate and succeed in a knowledge-based economy. Established in 2000, the program has since reached teachers across 35 countries, including Arab countries, with strategies to develop digital literacy, creativity, higher-order thinking, communications and collaboration.

Prior to the ceremony, Her Majesty met a number of teachers who have completed the program and was briefed on the program's skills and methods of implementation. Queen Rania has long been an avid supporter of integrating information technology into the classroom, stressing that enhancing teachers' skills is vital to motivating students to learn and engage in creative and critical thinking.

Gordon Graylish, Vice President of Intel's Sales Marketing Group and general manager of EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) said,

"In today's global knowledge society, technology literacy is essential for innovation and economic growth. Through Intel Teach to the Future, teachers like Bothayna are embedding technology into the process of learning, thereby improving the skills and competitive readiness of the future workforce."

He added, "Such programs are part of Intel's comprehensive, multi-year "Digital Transformation Initiative for the Middle East" and underscore our long-term commitment to promote technology skills, knowledge transfer and economic development in the region."

Outlining the impact of the program on advancing her teaching methods as well as benefiting the students, ElHabahba said, "Applying the knowledge I gained from the Intel Teach to the Future training has transformed my lessons. My students are eager and excited to use the computers, and lessons are more interesting and participative. The new way of teaching has also revealed previously hidden skills, such as designing and group working, in many of the pupils," said Habahba.