Washington—The deliberations of an international conference on “Enabling a New Generation for Democracy” started the day before yesterday. It was organized by the Center for Civic Education in the Education Secretariat in the United States of America and will last for several days. Students from 28 countries including Jordan participated in the conference, which aimed at preparing students to face international challenges in a way that serves administrative decisions in the context of the constitution and administrative instructions in the country.

The head of the Jordanian delegation, Dr. Sabah al-Nawayseh, Director of the Education Department in Al-Kaser province, said that the participation of Jordan in the conference aimed at helping students to acquire more citizenship concepts, cultural communication between nations, democracy, and justice. It also helped them to build foundations and frameworks for dealing with social problems such as smoking and violence inside schools. The Jordanian delegation, comprised of 7 students from the Education Department in Al-Kaser province, presented to the conference an explanation about Jordan and the nature of its habits and traditions.