The President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, affirmed today, Thursday, that security stability helps to set plans for the development and upgrading of the educational system, indicating that the government program includes intense attention to building and rehabilitating schools and taking care of teachers and students.
The Presidency of the Republic stated in a statement, that “the president met in the Baghdad Palace, the delegation of the International Teachers Syndicate headed by the Secretary-General of the International Education Organization, David Edwards,” indicating that “the two sides discussed the reality of education in Iraq and the world.”
The President of the Republic stressed “the importance of the role of teachers and educational cadres in creating conscious generations that reject all kinds of extremist and racist ideology and are able to build on the foundations of freedom, democracy and development.”
He pointed out, “Iraq was a center for education, culture, and higher degrees in the fifties, sixties, and seventies of the last century, adding that one of the duties of the state is to pay attention to education, work on its development and progress, and consider the teaching profession a sacred profession.”
He indicated that “the security stability that Iraq is currently witnessing helps to draw up plans for the development and upgrading of the educational system,” stressing that “the government program includes intense interest in building and rehabilitating schools, taking care of teachers and students, as well as working to modernize curricula by introducing issues of the environment, human rights, and peaceful coexistence.”
The President of the Republic stated that “Iraq possesses an ancient civilization whose sciences and laws overwhelmed the whole world, and modern countries still depend on the products of that civilization,” noting that “this matter requires the educational family and Iraqi educational institutions to make efforts to revive the movement of enlightenment and culture in the country.”
He stressed “the need for coordination and activation of mechanisms of cooperation and communication between the Iraqi Teachers Syndicate and the International Teachers Syndicate, and the exchange of visits, expertise and syndicate and educational experiences, in a way that ensures the success of the drawn plans aimed at developing the educational and educational reality.”
For his part, Edwards expressed the “keenness of the International Teachers Syndicate, whose members number up to 32 million, to open lines of communication with the Iraqi side,” stressing that “the interest of the Syndicate starts from kindergarten to the university stage, and it is fully prepared to cooperate in a way that brings scientific and educational benefit for Iraq.”
Edwards praised the “efficiency of the Iraqi teacher,” describing him as “the basis and voice of history and civilization.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency