Education Minister Prince Khaled Al-Faisal

Education Minister Prince Khaled Al-Faisal stressed the role of the Arab Education Office in achieving educational awakening to protect youth from destructive ideologies in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

“It is the responsibility of the Arab Education Office to take steps for educational awakening in the GCC countries in addition to protecting the young generation from the extraneous destructive ideologies that the enemies of the Arab and Islamic ummah are striving to inject in the youth in the region,” the prince, who will lead the Saudi delegation to the 23rd conference of the GCC education ministers said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency on Saturday.

The prince said the two-day conference to be opened in Kuwait on Tuesday is a fresh opportunity to move toward formulating strategies to tackle the issues facing educational developments in the region. The conference will also highlight the importance of strengthening the ties of belonging, loyalty and patriotism of the Gulf youth in addition to integrating plans and programs that serve the interests of teachers, students and their families.

“Our countries in the region have no other way to achieve progress and catch up with the advanced countries except through education, cooperation and integration and coordination among ourselves and investing in our resources and potentials to secure the Gulf citizen and protect him from extremist ideologies,” the prince said.

He also called on other participants in the conference to closely cooperate to achieve the educational strategy for 2015-20 which aims at achieving the educational aspirations of every GCC citizen and also to be capable of countering the challenges posed by the massive inflow of satellite and electronic media.

The conference will discuss ways to encourage scientific research, adoption of advanced technology at the pre-university level of education, and cooperation with international, Arab and regional organizations for educational progress in the region in addition to finding ways to protect the young generation from destructive extraneous ideologies.

 
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