Damascus countryside-SANA
Within the framework of its plan to combat illiteracy, the Directorate of Adult Education and Cultural Development at the Ministry of Culture held a graduation ceremony for five literacy courses that included 61 women from the city.
The graduation ceremony, which was held in cooperation with the Moadamiya Al-Sham Community Beacon in the Syrian Trust for Development and hosted by Al-Andalus Hall, included honoring the top ten women, in addition to a set of targeted musical, lyrical, theatrical and poetic paragraphs that carry messages about the importance of science and learning.
In a statement to SANA, Director of the Directorate of Adult Education in the ministry, Bassam Diop, explained that work is being carried out within a national strategy to eradicate illiteracy in the various regions of the eastern and western Ghouta and the rural areas of the governorates, stressing that there is a joint effort between the Moadamiyah city council and the relevant institutions to reach the stage of declaring it a free zone. illiteracy altogether.
The head of the Department of Adult Education in Damascus Countryside Governorate, Ghaleb Al-Zoghbi, indicated that this event comes within the cultural and social activities in the city, and that the coming period will witness the launch of successive courses for advanced stages of illiteracy eradication, up to the empowerment exams that qualify them to obtain a certificate of basic and secondary education, and to follow up on their educational attainment.
For his part, the director of the Moadamiya lighthouse Jaafar Wannous explained that the five literacy courses were attended by 80 women, 61 of whom obtained a literacy certificate, indicating that the role of the Syrian Trust for Development represented in providing legal and intellectual awareness sessions for women, in addition to interactive activities that help them complete their practical career.
Illiteracy is a scourge that needs to be combated through concerted efforts in society and provision of facilities. This is what the school's Abeer Hojeij expressed in her interview with SANA, where she emphasized that eradicating illiteracy is a social responsibility that everyone must contribute to.
With great happiness, the forty-two-year-old Fayza Hussein Zahra expressed her feelings for being one of the ten distinguished women in these courses. She said, “It was not easy for me to move around in my town. I have nothing in front of me except for transportation signs bearing the names of the regions, and I cannot read what was written on them.. Now I have become Able to handle my surroundings with ease.”
Amani Farooj
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