A UNESCO official praises Sharjah’s experience in the field of education
Sharjah, February 13, 2017 – The proactive workshops of the fifth edition of the Sharjah International Summit for Educational Development, which will be held tomorrow, were held today under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, to discuss pivotal issues including the development of education, innovation in learning, educational leadership, educational justice, and artificial intelligence, in addition to building comprehensive and sustainable educational systems.
The workshops included 14 workshops and advanced training courses with the participation of an elite group of educational leaders, experts and decision-makers in the education sector from within the country, designed to provide teachers, school leaders and policy makers with practical tools and applied frameworks that can be directly employed in educational environments.
Maysoon Shehab, Head of the Education Sector at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) office in Beirut, confirmed in statements to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, that the experience of the Emirate of Sharjah in education went beyond the traditional application of educational principles to present an integrated strategic model capable of moving educational systems in the region from a culture of limited programs to the horizons of comprehensive and sustainable transformation.
She described the holding of the “Sharjah International Summit for Educational Development” as a pivotal station for following up and evaluating the implementation of the global strategic recommendations that the emirate was the first to adopt and transform them into a tangible practical reality, stressing that the model developed by Sharjah moves the role of educational institutions from merely “responding” to changes to the stage of “making and leading change,” making it an international reference and an inspiring model for countries in the region and the world.
For her part, Her Excellency Khawla Ahmed Al Hosani, Deputy Director of the Sharjah Education Academy, told “WAM” that the proactive workshops are a summit.
Sharjah International for Educational Development included a main workshop to present the early childhood self-assessment tool, in addition to 13 workshops in which many leading educational institutions and universities participated and presented their experiences that will add to the knowledge balance of teachers and workers in the educational sector.
She pointed out that the UNESCO team reviewed during the main workshop the pilot phase of applying the international self-assessment tool for early childhood systems, explaining performance and dealing with it, and the four standards included in performance, in addition to referring to 64 sub-standards.
She explained that during the workshop, the selection of the Emirate of Sharjah as the first Arab city to implement the experimental stage of the performance was praised.
It is noteworthy that UNESCO chose the Emirate of Sharjah to participate in the pilot phase of implementing the international self-assessment tool for early childhood systems in appreciation of its continuous efforts in developing this vital sector, in a new achievement that consolidates the position of the Emirate of Sharjah as a pioneering regional center in early childhood care and education.
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