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The Parents' Leadership Council approves the launching of the Parents' First
Gulf Conference Soon
The
Ministry of Education MoE held last week in the Teacher Training Center in
Ajman the first meeting with the Parents' Leadership Council of the Ministry within
the framework of strengthening the partnership with the educational field, namely
the students' parents, in preparation to design a common vision for the development
of the UAE school and education sector during the next three years.
During
the meeting, the Council approved a set of recommendations that will be
implemented later, the most important is the launching of the Parents' First
Gulf Conference, as well as the formation of work teams to follow the
recommendations and to prepare proposals related to the topics presented during
the discussion.
The
meeting was attended by H. E. Hussain Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, H.E.
Eng. Abdullrahman
Al Hammadi, MoE Undersecretary for Supervision and Support Services, Fawzia
Hasan Gharib, Assistant Undersecretary for the School Operations Sector,
directors of the educational zones, educational executives and a large number
of educational leaders and Parents' Leaders Council members.
During
the meeting a large number of central educational issues concerning the local
community were discussed, including the role of parents in the positive upbringing,
attendance and absence of students, early childhood, development of the parents
list, participation in the development and support of the educational policies
and the system of student affairs, educational and cultural trips inside and
outside the country, learners behavior code, as well as other important related
topics that are at the heart of the educational process.
At
the beginning of the meeting, H. E. Hussain Al-Hammadi stressed the importance
of the meeting in the establishment of supporting frameworks for the
educational process, in light of the urgent need to intensify efforts and unify
vision to include the educational field views and ideas in the MoE plans, namely
the students' parents, which have an important impact on the promotion of
educational mobility, as the parents have specific perceptions regarding the
reality of the education sector's requirements and concerns, and they are more
qualified to express them. H. E. added that the views presented by the parents
will receive the MoE considerable attention.
His
Excellency thanked the Parents' Leaderships Council members for their
responsiveness, as well as their interest and participation in the MoE future
aspirations, and the new developments in the educational arena. He pointed that
the development of education sector is an urgent requirement necessary for the
successive developments and the country tendencies in building a very ambitious
and high-level educational system, and in keeping pace with our future
aspirations in the transition to a society of sustainable knowledge-based economy.
In
addition, the Council members valued the role and efforts of the MoE to
establish an optimal educational framework contributing in high-quality
educational achievements. They stressed that the meeting is very important and
reflects the MoE’ keenness to take into consideration the education field opinions,
and to strengthen channels of communication with parents and establish a
positive atmosphere creating future ideas, visions and perceptions to promote
the march and the quality of education.
During
the fruitful discussions, the members of the Council highlighted a number of
educational topics that concern the educational field, including the means to
confront negative outcomes, if any, and to strengthen the roles of parents to
contribute in the positive impact in the UAE School and the educational process,
through the partnerships with the Ministry of Education and by converging the
views to serve the interests of students and to develop the educational system.
In
the same context, H. E. Al-Hammadi considers that the competition taking place
in the world, especially in the education sector, and the need to create
responsible national qualified leaders for the future, according to the wise
leadership's vision who gives great support to education, require concrete
efforts to be exerted by leaders of the educational process and the different civil
and private institutions in the society, in order to realise achievements in
the educational level and to give our students the necessary skills, values and
sciences to be global citizens.
His
Excellency Al-Hammadi pointed that the development in the educational process
must be characterised by the acceleration based on conscious thought and
extensive studies, that the Ministry is following, with the participation of
the educational institutions and national expertise, to be the number one in
our educational system, and competitive base for any future development.
He
added that the MoE is seeking to expand the scope of local participation,
especially in the education field, and the process of building efforts devoted
to the best educational systems, in this context, the Ministry has established
the Educational Leaders Council, Teachers Council and Parents' Leaders Council to
contribute in planning of educational policies and establish a first-class
education system.
H.
E. Al-Hammadi explained that any decline or slowdown in the development process
will have adverse effects. Therefore, in the current stage we have to continue
forward in the field of qualitative improvement, which ensures an efficient
educational system for our students, in all aspects and fields. He pointed that
education is the future bet, as stressed and required by our wise leadership in
light of the importance of creating future alternative developmental solutions,
as the oil wealth is not permanent, and the human resources and science are the
future wealth of the homeland.
His
Excellency Al-Hammadi concluded by stressing that the importance of such
meetings is to emerge the new thought that we find tangible reality through the
ideas and visions presented by the Council's members. He stressed that the
difference in views is a healthy trend that leads to the improvement. He added
that the topics and discussions presented will be included in the MoE future
strategic plans for the coming years in the near term; contributing in the
improvement and development of integrated UAE educational institutions in terms
of their global and inclusive trends and goals.