Conference in Beirut Aims at Raising Awareness on Education Problems
A conference organized to help raise awareness on the problems confronting the educational system in Lebanon will be held on April 28 at Babel theater in Hamra.
The conference will stress that education can help build “rational citizens” and a “better economy,” according to a EduChange press release.
Farah Mtaweh and Hala Kaddoura, two friends and fresh graduates, started this initiative during the summer after working in an educational robotics company.
The company's staff was able to identify eight key elements encountering the educational system in Lebanon including: curriculum design, value of teaching and empowering teachers, relationship between teachers and students, citizenship education, in-classroom technology, assessment of students and creativity, career guidance and counseling and extra curricular activities and empowerment of youth.
The conference will host experts and will address those topics and four other presentations will be displayed by community members, teachers, students and others.
According to the press release the conference will “give the chance for everyone interested to leave a mark ans say what they really believe can save the educational system and the country.
12 April 2013, 07:48
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while at it how about raising awareness for labor laws, traffic laws, crime laws, national security laws, and so on so on...what a hypocritical bunch of fruitloops.
23 April 2013, 10:32
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Education is considered the second most influential institution in any person's socialization, so education can, if managed properly help solve the problems you have mentioned. If we say "education" there is no need to take the negative sense only out of the meanings that rely beneath it, which we have been accustomed to in our society. I will leave you with one simple example, all of the rules you have mentioned, must be and should be a matter of discussion at schools and not only a matter of mention, summarizing and memorizing; in our Civic books at school, those topics are mentioned but never discussed, but are memorized and then forgot, so how can our generation reflect on the rights of the laborers or the consequences of performing crimes if they have never said what they think of such matters. I appreciate your comment and in case you are interested, attend on April 28 and get to know what we are talking about exactly, we might help change your opinion.
