Education Minister, Marwan Hamadeh, on Tuesday presided over the preliminary meeting of ambassadors and representatives of donor countries supporting the Ministry of Education's project "Race 2", which aims at delivering education to all students on Lebanese territories.
The meeting took place in presence of the ambassadors of Britain, Germany, the European Union, the Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the UNICEF Representative in Lebanon, as well as the Ministry of Education's Project Management Unit.
The meeting discussed plans to launch the new academic year for Lebanese and non-Lebanese students within the deadlines set by the ministry, and to secure the financial solvency to cover expenses and fill the financial gaps resulting from the last academic year.
Talks also touched on the meetings that will take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, and which will gather Education ministers and officials of international institutions with a view to securing funds for the coming years, especially for projects in support of refugee education.
Hamadeh later chaired the first meeting of the steering committee, which he formed as per the loan agreement with the World Bank, in presence of the members of the committee including Ministry of Education General Director Fadi Yark, Head of the Educational Center for Research and Development Nada Aweigan, Director of Secondary Education Jamal Baghdadi, Director of the Comprehensive Education Program, Sonia Khoury, and the Minister's advisors Anwar Daw and Ghassan Shukroun.
The meeting had been an opportunity to present the proposed steps to implement the loan project in accordance with the components included in the project and allocated to the Directorate General of Education, the Educational Center for Research and Development, and the project management of education programs for non-Lebanese.
Discussions also featured high on the solicitation of proposals for the establishment of international and local observation committees as stipulated by the loan law, which requires the development of curricula, training teachers, improving the quality of education, rehabilitation of schools, establishment of new schools, and increasing the number of students in public schools to reach approximately 500,000 including Lebanese and non-Lebanese.
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