AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, education briefs

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, education briefs

Sep 03, 2013 (Menafn – AME Info – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN SEEKING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE: The University of Jordan (UJ) is planning to invest in the educational, tourism and medical sectors, as it seeks to generate JD50m in revenues annually, Jordan Times has reported. The plan would affect UJ’s performance at all levels and limit its dependence on government support without resorting to raising student fees, said UJ President, Ekhleif Tarawneh. The investments include a four-star hotel opposite the King Hussein Cancer Centre, a private hospital, a specialised dental centre and a mall, he added.

OMAN’S RUSAYL INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH TWI TO TRAIN NATIONAL WORKFORCE: Oman’s Rusayl Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with The Welding Institute (TWI) to help the government and the private sector in formulating international standards for welding and help in training of the country’s workforce, Muscat Daily has reported. The pact will introduce training programmes for basic and advanced welding operations to meet to the needs of oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, transportation and marine sectors.

FOUR JORDAN’S PSUT PROGRAMMES RECEIVE ABET ACCREDITATION: Jordan’s Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) has announced that four of its programmes have received accreditation from the US’ Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Jordan Times has reported. The programmes are communications engineering, computer engineering, electronics engineering and computer science, PSUT said.

SAUDI ARABIA TO INTRODUCE E-CURRICULA FOR ALL GRADES FROM 2015: The Saudi education ministry has said it plans to integrate interactive e-curricula to all school grades across the country starting 2015, Saudi Gazette has reported. The project, which will allow students to access an electronic gate where they can view and download curricula, aims to improve the public education system and expedite the process of transforming society into a knowledge-based one, said the ministry.

FEMALE SAUDI INVESTORS SEEKING DAYCARE LICENCES: The Saudi social affairs ministry has said it has received a large number of applications, mostly from female investors, for licences to run daycare centres in different parts of the country, Saudi Gazette has reported. The ministry issued a notification a few months ago inviting applications to run daycare centres across the kingdom. “At least, 28 daycare centres will start operations soon and provide daycare services to workingwomen. We have granted licences to 15 centres since last April and we’re working on issuing licences to remaining applicants,” said Abdullah Al-Sadhan, undersecretary for social development at the ministry.

KSA MAY SET UP FIRM TO SUPERVISE SCHOOL CANTEENS: The Saudi education ministry is considering plans to set up a company to supervise school canteens in order to ensure quality food for boys and girls in schools across the kingdom, Arab News has reported. The company, which will be operating under the King Abdullah Education Development Project (Tatweer), will be responsible for enforcing hygienic standards and nutritional specifications in meals and drinks supplied by school canteens across the country.

LOGOS HOPE TO VISIT OMAN NEXT MONTH: The world’s largest floating book fair, Logos Hope, is set to reach Oman’s Port Sultan Qaboos in October, Muscat Daily has reported. “Arriving on October 1 and open for the public from the next day, the ship will make a call at Port Sultan Qaboos till October 7 and not visit Salalah,” said Madeleine Paulsson, project manager of Logos Hope. It will offer over 5,000 titles covering science, sports, hobbies, cookery, arts, medicine, dictionaries, languages, and philosophy. “However, books will not be sold at the schools,” Madeleine noted.

SAUDI ARABIA TO SEND 3,000 SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO SINGAPORE FOR TRAINING: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Public Education Development Project (Tatweer) is to send around 3,000 Saudi school principals to Singapore to be trained in educational management and leadership, Arab News has reported. The programme aims to help principals boost their effectiveness as leaders and equip them with the necessary expertise and skills to enable them of handling the local and international changes in the educational process.

TCA-AD TO OPEN AL AIN READS BOOK SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 29: The National Library of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA-AD) has announced this year’s Al Ain Reads book show is to open at the Al Ain Convention Centre on September 29, Gulf News has reported. The event, TCA-AD’s fifth in the annual series, is scheduled to run until October 5 with a line-up of noted Emirati authors, writers and 50 exhibitors. The show aims to promote reading and building direct relationships between readers and authors through a series of cultural visitor programmes which include lectures and cultural events.

KHDA INTRODUCES PARENT-SCHOOL CONTRACT TO REDUCE COMPLAINTS: Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has announced parents will not have to pay extra for signing a new parent-school contract which is being introduced at six private schools in the emirate, as part of a pilot project from September onwards, Khaleej Times has reported. The contract is being introduced to reduce the number of grievances and complaints addressed by the KHDA. Under the project, every student in Dubai is soon to be a part of this mandatory contract, which defines the rights and responsibilities of a school and a student. “Initially, the initiative will start with a trial period involving six schools. If this is successful, it will be rolled out across all schools in Dubai,” Abdulrahman Nassir, chief of customer relations at KHDA, told the daily.

OVER 1,200 FAKE CERTIFICATES DETECTED IN OMAN: Oman’s higher education ministry has said it has discovered more than 1,000 fake educational certificates and is taking stringent measures, including considering introduction of pre-university qualifications for undergraduate or graduate studies, to curb this menace, Times of Oman has reported. As many as 1,224 certificates were found to have been forged, of which 119 were the certificates for educational qualifications while 1,177 cases involved stamps and ratification documents issued by the foreign affairs ministry. The majority of the fake certificates were those ostensibly issued by institutions in Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Tanzania, India, Pakistan, the UK, and the USA, the ministry said.

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