25th November 2022, Karachi: Established in Karachi in 1978, The City School is today one of the largest private school networks across the globe. Having more than 500 schools with over 150,000 students, they continue to expand their reach in other countries including the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Philippines, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, to meet the demands for quality education as well as to ensure a strong global presence.

The City School is known for leading innovation in schools and has been selected as a Microsoft showcase school in 2021. With the Philosophy of continuous human resource development, The City School will now explore Google for Education tools to enhance further and revamp their teaching and learning methodologies.

For this purpose, they have signed an MoU with Tech Valley Pakistan which is a premier country partner of Google for Education in Pakistan. Under this MoU, The City School and Tech Valley Pakistan will transform selected schools using Google technologies as a pilot project. The findings of this project will be observed to measure the success and impact of Google for Education tools in day-to-day classroom activities. 

The Regional Director of The City School, Safia Cassim, said at the signing ceremony, “Educators do not only need to change the learning practices but need to revolutionize it. We plan to equip students with devices and an updated curriculum. We are hopeful that teaming up with tech valley will add value to our transformation strategy.” 

Being a Google for Education partner, Tech Valley offers end-to-end Google learning solutions, and leverages Google programs like CS First and Be Internet Awesome. These programs ensure that children and youth can learn to their maximum potential and are qualified and accredited for new work environments.

In this regard, the CEO of Tech Valley, Umar Farooq, said, “Google for Education tools are easy to adopt and fun to use that allow students to explore the digital world safely while learning new concepts and technologies. These programs integrated with the existing curriculum and backed up by digital tools can prepare our kids for the future.”

Both parties will also work towards blended professional development for educators and teachers and will collaborate with them to achieve Google for Education Level 1 Certification that will globally validate their proficiency in Google for Education products.