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.
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