The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) is all set for the pilot phase of including moral education as a subject in the curricula of public and private schools in the emirate, which begins in the second semester of the current school year.

Moral education is being introduced to schools following the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

Completing preparations for the pilot phase, the council organised a training programme for 25 teachers from nine schools on the experimental launch of the subject, in cooperation with the Crown Prince Court.

The introduction of moral education was in line with the vision of the UAE leadership for building the character of citizens who are proud of their identity and ethics, said Dr Ali Al Nuaimi, Director-General of Adec.

Dr Karima Al Mazroui, Adec’s acting executive director for schools, said moral education will be taught in Arabic at public schools and in English in private foreign schools.