Qatar participates in GCC-Jordan joint meeting on Education

Amman, The Gulf Observer: Qatar participated in the fifth meeting of the Gulf Council Countries (GCC) and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan joint working team in the field of education, currently held in Jordan’s capital Amman and runs until August 25.

The meeting will tackle the adoption of the executive program of the 2023-2027 joint work plan in sectors of education and higher education as well as meetings of specialized team works in the fields of general education, higher education, and technical education.

Addressing the meeting, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education HE Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Naimi affirmed that such meetings and the ideas, proposals and programs will serve as a work plan for cooperation in the fields of education and higher education within the coming five years.

He also urged benefiting from scientific, practical, research, academic, and training experiences and considering means to overcome the traditional thoughts in education, stressing the necessity of focusing on various experiences in the fields of technical education and vocational training along with other fields that cope with international developments and its related job market challenges and unemployment rates.

Additionally, he called for boosting concepts of academic accreditation and guaranteeing a top-notch education as key factors for institutions to upgrade competitiveness based on development and modernization.

The three-day meeting will include field visits to a number of Jordanian universities, other higher education facilities and some schools.