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The Digital School – Teacher Preparation Programme in Seychelles

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 85% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Dubai-based The Digital School, part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, trained 395 Seychellois teachers across 11 schools in blended digital-classroom methods by mid-2026, part of a global programme reaching 850,000+ learners in 40+ countries.

395 teachers
Teachers trained cumulatively in Seychelles (by mid-2026)
100 teachers
Teachers targeted in latest phase (from June 2026)
11 schools
Schools involved in latest phase (from June 2026)
850,000+ people
Global beneficiaries reached (since 2020)

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
The Digital School (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives)
Period
2020–2026 (ongoing, phased rollout)
Keywords
education, teacher training, digital literacy, blended learning

Context

The Digital School is an initiative under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (Dubai, UAE), which reports having reached over 850,000 beneficiaries and trained around 40,000 teachers across more than 40 countries since its 2020 launch.

Objectives

In Seychelles, the Teacher Preparation Programme trains teachers in blended and remote digital-classroom methods, delivered in partnership with the UAE Government Experience Exchange Programme office and Seychelles' Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development.

Activities

A new phase launched in June 2026 targets around 100 teachers across 11 schools, delivered through a platform accredited by the US-based New England Commission of Higher Education and offered in seven languages.

Results

The new phase brings the cumulative number of Seychellois teachers trained through the programme to 395.

Conclusions

Reporting on the Seychelles rollout is limited to participation figures released jointly by the programme and government partners; no independent evaluation of resulting classroom practice or student learning outcomes in Seychelles has been published, though the beneficiary counts are corroborated across two independently operated news outlets.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — Global programme running since 2020; latest Seychelles phase launched June 2026 targeting around 100 teachers across 11 schools.
Staffing & skills
The Digital School programme team (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives), UAE Government Experience Exchange Programme office, Seychelles Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development

Conditions for success

  • Government-to-government partnership (UAE Experience Exchange Programme with Seychelles Ministry of Education)
  • Platform accredited by the US-based New England Commission of Higher Education, offered in seven languages
  • Phased rollout building cumulative reach (395 teachers) across successive cohorts

Where it fits

Governance type
international development-initiative partnership with national ministry
Scale
national (Seychelles), part of a 40+-country global programme
Income level
high-income small island state

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding

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