Al Anbat Newspaper

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Issue No. 883

A Workshop at Mu'tah University entitled "Civic Education, Achievements and Ambitions"

The Local Community Development Unit at Mu'tah University arranged in coordination with the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies (JCCES) a workshop entitled "Civic Education, Achievements and Ambitions" in the presence of the president of the University, the dean of the educational sciences faculty, Dr. Mohammed Rabab'a, the Director of the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies, the director of the Local Community Development Unit, Mr. Hussein Al Majali, and the program's coordinator in the South, Ms. Hala AL Shaqareen.  Prizes and certificates were presented to graduate students from workshops that were held by the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies at Mu'tah University.  The project's regional trainer, Ms. Sabah Al Nawaiseh, said that the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies is working on arranging civic education courses and workshops for Mu'tah University's students in the aim of identifying the civic education role, building capacities for leadership abilities and contributing in solving local community's problems.  The director of the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies, Ms. Mona Al Alami, explained the role of the center in reinforcing the participation culture of the university's students and stressed on encouraging them in participating in this activity.

Mr. Mohammed Rabab'a, the Dean of the Education Sciences Faculty and the Deputy of the President of the University, said that Mu'tah University worked and is still working hard on sustaining community work in order to provide the community the best services that enable it to stay within the frame of growth and development.

He added that they, at Mu'tah University, and the concerned units and administrative departments and through the academic faculties, work on providing everything possible to serve the local communities, and this program is one among other programs that the university believes in and encourages.

The Director of the Local Community Development Unit, Mr. Hussein Al Majali, assured that Mu'tah University is connected with the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies through a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed last February.  The Memorandum of Understanding aims to reinforce civic education and good citizenship culture in the Jordanian community as a whole.  He also showed that this Memorandum of Understanding enables civic education training through projects for the purpose of reinforcing citizenship spirit and respecting the law and constitution among the university's students.