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Aqdar World Summit” Continues its Business

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The Aqdar World Summit continued its work for the second day at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the presence of H.E. Jameela Bin Salim Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Public Education, in addition to a number of officials.

 

H.E. Jameela Al Muhairi discussed during the Summit’s main session the principles of morals during the twenty first century, emphasizing that the vision of H.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the launching of the presented moral education initiative created a stir within the community.

 

She indicated that those aware of UAE’s history and culture confirm the presence of moral values within UAE society and that acceptance of others, coexistence and tolerance are known traits of the UAE society from the days prior to the formation of its union.

 

She stressed that the UAE was formed on such principles and with the scientific, technological and industrial development and the beginning of the fourth industrial launching, a strategy was made for the State in order to protect its youth from emerging changes, indicating that such evolution called for protection of future generations and empowering them with moral values, stating she was fully aware of the magnitude of challenges facing Emirati children.

 

The Minister of State for Public Education stated acquiring education is connected to the attainment of morals especially since education has become like a small village with the ease of communication between individuals from all over the world.

 

She presented a movie illustrating the affects of moral education and the need to possess values and ethics and the perception of students towards it and ways to accept and deal with each other.

 

Her Excellency posed the question of what it is we really seek from our children, is it logos or fundamental values learned within the home, school and community…stressing that we do not want superficiality when dealing with ethics.

 

Her Excellency explained the aspects adopted in H.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s vision, which included getting to know each other and empathy, focusing on the empathy aspect which reflects the extent of love as researches and studies in this field have corroborated the effect of compassion on children, noting that this is exactly what the State seeks to achieve through the moral education curricula in its schools.

 

She mentioned that the ideal application of curriculums at schools is not just linked to the school itself but requires a shared community responsibility between the school, family, media, all institutions and the entire society, stressing the State’s desire to form a positive generation protected from external risks.  Her Excellency noted that there will be no marks associated with this subject since results should be apparent on the street and throughout the community.

 

H.E Jameela Al Muhairi mentioned a quote by H.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan “We are betting on the right individual in the future to bear the great entrusted responsibility of the United Arab Emirates”.

 

The Summit’s second day included a session delivered by Dr. Faisal Al Ayaan, Executive Vice President of Rabdan Academy, who discussed the international definition of moral education and its role in confronting intellectual extremism and moral deviation, while Hend Mohamed Husain Al Jawder, Deputy Director of Al Iman Schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain, presented a session on the “Role of academic institutions in moral education – Enhancing reading skills as a model” where she indicated a number of significant initiatives in the region, most important of which is “Arab Reading Challenge” launched by H.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, to encourage students throughout the Arab world to read.

 

She clarified that the challenge aims at strengthening national and regional identity and the sense of belonging to one Arab nation, it also focuses on spreading the values of tolerance, moderation and acceptance of others resulting from the great mental wealth achieved by reading.  She pointed out the role of Al Iman Schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain as an experiment in applying the standards of challenge on moral education.

 

Al Jawder said that with the magnitude of challenges, we find that the re-education of individuals and building conscience and changing their directions and convictions needs great efforts as devious

 

We find that the re-education of man and the building of conscience and change of direction and convictions needs great efforts since rectification of deviant behavior and orientation of people is possible when individuals, institutions and governments have the will to create a moral uprising.

 

Mohammad Khalifa Al Nuaimi, Director of Education Affairs at Crown Prince Court, discussed moral education as a global strategy to confront intellectual extremism and moral deviation, stating that during July 2016 and in implementation of the directives of H.H Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince Court launched the moral education program as a subject within academic curricula to strengthen the values of tolerance and instill joint international values and principles between humans in line with the State’s vision in creating a sustainable community centered on happiness, health and social prosperity for its citizens.

 

He said that with the increasingly progressing economy based on knowledge

 

He said that in a growing knowledge-based economy and an increasingly interdependent world, the need for a holistic approach towards education becomes apparent, explaining that the program encourages youth to discover the major questions in their daily lives by benefiting from shared cultural values between the diversity of nationalities living in the UAE.

 

He provided a summary of the subject and its contents and the most important learning aspects covering security, tolerance, peace and coexistence in the moral education program, stressing that violent extremism and the forces behind extremism are among the most widespread and popular challenges of our time, and although violent extremism and moral deviation is not limited to a certain age, gender, group or community, still youth are those most at risk.

 

He added that the moral education curriculum instills positive messages around a set of shared human values in order to create a learning environment that enhances productivity and the feeling of safety between student, as well as encourage critical thinking in students regarding current circumstances and posing questions related thereto to reach a new and creative approach in solving matters on an individual, class, school, local community, country and international level, and to find ways to take peaceful and constructive action to express solidarity with others.

 

The Director Education Affairs at Crown Prince Court clarified the cultural diversity is considered an effective element in the moral education curriculum whereas the curriculum focuses on the intrinsic value of diversity that arises from the recognition of international human rights and the fundamental freedom of others, and thus, respect for diversity becomes an ethical duty inherent in respect for human dignity.

 

He explained that the curriculum seeks to promote a culture of non-violence and non-discrimination and establish the sense of respect and tolerance and to stress upon the importance of respecting rights and responsibilities irrespective of nationality, sex, origin, religion, language or other considerations, and these conceptions emphasize the need to respect the rights of others.

 

Al-Nuaimi stated that in the UAE, the progress made is being monitored and evaluated step-by-step and we will be reporting on this as widely as possible, expressing their hopes that their initiatives will provide lessons for others to benefit from their experience and learn from the posed challenges.

 

Dr. Faisal Al Bakeri, Advisor to the UAE Minister of Education, delivered the fourth session related to the “role of moral education to prevent religious exploitation serving the intellectual extremism and moral deviation – UAE schools and their promotion of tolerance values.

11/23/2017

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