Covid-19 set to disrupt Gulf’s $67 billion education sector
Sandhya D Mello/ Rohma Sadaqat/Dubai Filed on December 17, 2020
The total number of students in the GCC is projected to reach 14.5 million in 2022
The demand for public and private schools in the GCC region is likely to increase at 1.9 per cent annually from an estimated 33,456 schools in 2017 to 36,747 by 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital disruption across the education sector in the GCC region, creating a new normal that is very different from what many institutions are used to, experts said.
The pandemic, they said, has forced teachers to take classes online, assign tasks online, and conduct exams digitally. Many of these changes will remain, as educators look to adopting various practices that encourage learning among students.