ABU DHABI, 1st October, 2025 (WAM) — Emirates National Schools (ENS) welcomed an official delegation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education as a part of ongoing cultural and academic alternate programmes between the UAE and Japan.
The delegation included 24 college students, six lecturers, and three administrative workers. The go to aimed to strengthen instructional and cultural cooperation and to discover greatest practices in pedagogy and the newest applied sciences in educating and studying.
During the go to, the delegation toured the Technology and Career Centres at ENS, the place they noticed the newest educational approaches, instructional programmes and digital improvements. The tour featured numerous specialised workshops overlaying fields reminiscent of synthetic intelligence, engineering, science, media, programming, robotics and design, all designed to reinforce college students’ abilities consistent with worldwide requirements.
The go to additionally featured sensible demonstrations and enrichment workshops centered on future abilities, whereas giving the Japanese delegation a chance to expertise Emirati tradition and group values.
Lachlan Ewen MacKinnon, Director-General of Emirates National Schools, stated the go to underscored the significance of cultural and data alternate between the UAE and Japan, consistent with the management’s imaginative and prescient of fostering openness and strengthening worldwide collaboration.
He said, “Cultural exchange builds bridges of understanding and cooperation between students of both countries, enriching opportunities for shared learning and the exchange of scientific and technological expertise.”
Suzuki Motonari, Director of the Global Cultivation Division, expressed his gratitude for the invitation and heat reception, highlighting that the go to offered precious perception into the UAE’s superior instructional practices and its integration of know-how into curricula. He harassed that such initiatives characterize a mannequin for worldwide cooperation in training and data alternate.
The collaboration aligns with ENS’s technique to bolster its native, regional and worldwide presence by increasing partnerships with main establishments and creating programmes that equip college students with international abilities and superior instructional experiences consistent with the very best worldwide requirements.