Category: Education

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs , Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, discussed with Syrian Ambassador in Moscow, Riad Haddad, the latest developments in Syria.

“The two diplomats tackled the situation in Syria and its surrounding with their focus on topics regarding solving the crisis there” Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The statement added that the two sides also discussed practical issues to further enhance the multi-sided Russian –Syrian cooperation.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

With distinguished presence of Syrian students at the international competitions, Syria obtained two gold medals and one silver.

The two gold medals were achieved at the International Applied Physics Olympiad (IAPhO) through students Jana Noaman and Laith al-Shaikh, while the silver one was gained by student Rasin Shbeib.

IAPhO was remotely held last April in Indonesia with the participation of 20 states.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

Represented by the Ministry of Education, Syria participated on Tuesday in virtual regional consultations with ministers of education and development partners from West Asia to help build momentum for the Preparatory Summit (Transforming Education) organized by the UNESCO in order to follow up on the proposed courses of action.

These consultations came with the aim of contributing to the definition of the views of countries and partners in the region on the basic elements in the transformation of education as it is linked to the five thematic areas of the summit, in addition to paying special attention to the challenges facing countries.

During his participation in the consultation, Minister of Education, Dr. Darem Tabbaa said that the ministry has started transformative education since 2015 in cooperation with (UNESCO and UNICEF).

He added that and the new Syrian curriculum has been built to help learners face the challenges caused by the terrorist war waged on Syria such as environmental degradation, disease, violence, extremism, discrimination and poverty, in addition to facing the challenge of regressing educational standards and results in some basic areas such as reading, writing and arithmetic.

“All of these actions took place in the light of a war waged on Syria, in which terrorism struck the infrastructure of the educational system, and most of the Syrian schools have been destroyed,” Minister Tabbaa said.

The Minister added “terrorists tried to disrupt education and divide society in an abhorrent manner that the Syrian social environment was not accustomed to. They also tried to establish new values based on extremism, violence, lack of affiliation and loyalty to the homeland.”

He noted that to achieve transformation in educational systems, learners of all ages must be supported to create more peaceful, just and sustainable societies.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

Egypt’s Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem inaugurated an exhibition of rare Egyptian documents and another for books accompanying the activities of the “Twenties of the 20th Century: Milestones & Luminous Achievements” exhibition.

Both exhibitions will be held in the lobby of the Supreme Council of Culture.

The two exhibitions include a number of rare documents dating back to the twenties of the last century, prepared by the National Library and Archives, in addition to a group of publications by the Ministry of Culture represented by the Supreme Council of Culture, the General Egyptian Book Organization and the General Authority for Culture Palaces.

Abdel Dayem praised the plurality of the exhibits, which include various fields of knowledge, as well as historical documents that narrate influential events that took place during the twenties of the last century.

Moreover, Abdel Dayem directed to grant discounts of up to 50 percent on publications, which confirms the keenness to provide knowledge to all segments of society in continuation to implement the steps aimed at spreading enlightenment and achieving cultural justice.

It is worth noting that the exhibited documents include a decree to establish the Egyptian University, a decree approving the law of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, founding decree of Banque Misr, a decree establishing the Supply Authority, among others.

As for the publications of the Ministry of Culture, it includes various fields of science, literature, arts, novel and history.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

The champions of the national wushu kung fu team succeeded in winning 35 medals in the African Junior Kung Fu Championship, which was held in Algeria, with the participation of 28 players.

The Egyptian under-15 national team managed to snatch 12 medals, including 11 gold and silver medals.

Head of the Egyptian Federation of Wushu Kung-Fu and Vice President of the International Wushu Federation Sherif Mostafa said than the national team had shouldered the responsibility, hailing their achievement to win different medals in the competition.

Source: State Information Service Egypt