Damascus-SANA
With the aim of reviewing and approving a Syrian paper on education transformation and national commitment before submitting it to the “Education Transformation” summit to be held in New York next September, the Ministry of Education held a workshop today under the title (National Consultation on the Education Transformation Summit) in coordination with international organizations working in the field of education. At the Damaroz Hotel in Damascus.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Darem Tabbaa, gave a presentation during the workshop that included the most prominent items of the national commitment document related to skills development, encouraging creativity and moving education from the traditional to the interactive side by developing learning contents and comparing them between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, developing education skills and the necessary change for them, and determining the shape of the school and class that should be To focus on it in the future, draw the cultural relationship between the teacher and the student, describe the contents of education, and start new classes that are more open so that the learner is able to express himself and do the skills of the current century.
Minister Tabbaa indicated that the national commitment that Syria will submit to the United Nations on the 22nd of August was built according to the foundations set by the United Nations, stressing that education in the next stage should focus on educational strategies, techniques, and test-building mechanisms, in addition to evaluating student results and work and how to organize The lesson through 6 basic elements that characterize teaching skills in the current century, the most important of which is the general framework of education, which leads to a new method of educational assessment.
Minister Tabbaa explained that to achieve this transformation in education, the social emotional fields must develop, possess advanced teaching skills and apply them within the educational classes, and use technology in education to facilitate the process of student understanding, awareness and participation in the lessons.
The Assistant Minister of Education, Dr. Abdul Hakim Al-Hammad, presented a summary on sustainable development and intermediate educational standards and indicators for the fourth goal. His axes centered on evaluating free and compulsory primary and secondary education, development in early childhood and universal pre-primary education, in addition to equal access to technical and vocational education, higher education and related skills. The link to decent work, gender equality and inclusion.
The Deputy Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Ghada Kajaji, indicated that the national consultation on the Education Summit today is an important opportunity to conduct an objective analysis of the education sector in Syria, indicating that education is the mainstay in the early recovery and adaptation phase, stressing the need to support the efforts of this process to ensure the progress and provision of a future Effectively enhancing the capabilities and skills of future generations and young people to enter the labor market.
The Secretary-General of the National Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Dr. Nidal Hassan reviewed the steps taken by the national side in preparation for the summit to be held in New York next September on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, pointing to the efforts being made to prepare a statement of national commitment to the summit and send it on time.
Director of the National Center for the Development of Educational Curricula, Dr. Nadia Al-Ghazouli, spoke about learning and skills for life work and sustainable development, explaining the axes of foundational education from the perspective of lifelong learning in line with the transformation in education.
While the Director of School Health, Dr. Hatoon Al-Tawashi, gave a presentation on advancing education through health-promoting schools and ensuring a safe, psychologically and socially supportive school environment.
Rehab Ali and Bushra Barhoum
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