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The Saudi Arabian Girl Scouts Workshop, Riyadh 2019
HRH Princess Sama bint Faysal bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Saud participated in the Saudi Arabian Girl Scouts Workshop that was organized in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association, World Scout Foundation and Al Waleed Philanthropies in Riyadh, KSA. Saudi Arabian girl scouts from various cities, universities and organizations joined this workshop.
The Twenty Fourth World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, USA
HRH Princess Sama bint Faysal bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Saud and other Saudi Arabian Girl Scouts participated at the 24th World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, USA. This participation was the first official participation for the Saudi Arabian Girl Scouts at the World Scout Jamboree. HRH Princess Sama’s participation was greatly welcomed by leaders of the World Scout Foundation from all over the world. She visited the “Towards a Better World” tent which hosts the Messengers of Peace project and other development projects. She also visited the King Abdullah Interfaith Dialogue Center wing and the special corner dedicated for faiths. and others.
World Scout Foundation Board Membership
The Honorary President of the World Scout Foundation, His Royal Highness King of Sweden, approved the membership of Her Royal Highness Princess Sama bint Faysal bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Saud during her participation at the Foundation’s periodic meeting in Seoul, South Korea. The membership was granted to HRH Princess Sama due to her exceptional efforts in serving the Messengers of Peace project which was launched in KSA in partnership with the World Scout Foundation.
Nour Nouf Initiative for Environmental Protection
In collaboration with the Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Messengers of Peace program, Nour Nouf launched a volunteer-based qualitative initiative for environmental protection. Scouts, entrepreneurs and leaders from various parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joined the program which tackled the many facets of awareness and social responsibility over a two-month duration.
The first collaboration between Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and the Anab platform
Anab is pleased to announce the first collaboration with the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University to provide professional teacher training programs in Arabic.
Anab is keen to provide high-quality content according to the latest educational practices that match international practices, in addition to adapting it to Arab teachers, as well as following the MOOC methodology on the Internet.
Dr. Munira Jamjoom, CEO of the Anab platform, stated, “Through this collaboration with the College of Graduate Studies at the prestigious Harvard University, we achieve the main goal of Anab platform, which is to provide distinctive and high-quality professional development programs for Arab teachers, available to all that keep pace with modern practices to enhance learning.”
Through this collaboration, the Department of Professional Education in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University presents one of their most prominent programs on flexible thinking, which reviews how teachers make decisions about implementing differentiated teaching, and it is one of the current urgent topics for the educational sector in the Corona crisis as it affects how teachers and leaders think and abuse In these circumstances.
The program will be delivered by Dr. Ronda Bundy as Lecturer in Education and Head of Faculty in Distinguished Teaching Designed for Practical Application, and Head of Professional Development at Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dr. Ronda has focused her research on creating an inclusive environment for students to interact in and feel valued in the classroom.
This program was designed as part of the Middle East Professional Education Initiative by the Department of Professional Education at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University to share Dr. Ronda’s work and research in differentiated education while adapting it to fit the experience of the Arab teacher.
We are very pleased with this collaboration as it enables us to expand access to Dr Bundy’s research on differentiated education with the status of adapting content to the Arabic teacher, ”Dr. Metallin Fletcher, Director of Pre-K, School and International Programs, Vocational Education, HGSE.
Minister of Education meets with the Girl Scouts Committee in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Headed by Princess Sama Bint Faissal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, the Girl Scouts Committee in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was honored to meet His Excellency Dr. Hamad Al-Sheikh, Minister of Education in Riyadh, who praised women’s participation in scouting activity to serve the nation and by raising the name of the Kingdom and representing it in internationally. He also highlighted their participation in reducing the effects of the covid-19 pandemic which showed a great sense of national and social.
Her Highness Princess Sama bint Faissal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud also presented the committee’s work at the time and future plans for the committee to contribute in raising the level of women’s participation in serving the country in various scouting events and activities, noting that the Ministry of Education is the most important supporter for the Girl Scouts Committee.
British University in Dubai signs an agreement of collaboration with Anaab Platform
BUiD and Aanaqeed Knowledge Company sign an agreement of collaboration to develop virtual training Courses. Those courses will be displayed @aanaabcom
US university completes funding round led by UAE’s Global Ventures
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Nexford is a tech-enabled online university, which focuses on making education accessible
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The university will use the proceeds for its expansion plans in Asia, and to improve its offerings