Arab Education Assembly on education and teaching stress need to fight illiteracy in elderly

The Arab Assembly of Education and Teaching continued its activities, for the third day on Thursday, under the title " the Arab Education- the reality and means of development." The symposiums concentrated on the issue of eliminating the illiteracy, especially for the elders, and the quality of education in Arab states.

Dr. Salha Sankar, from Syria, stressed, in an interposition the necessity of taking all necessary measures on the level of public administrations or organizations to launch a campaign to erase the illiteracy.

She pointed out that all educational conferences urged the international organizations, specialized in teaching the elders, to offer the studies and necessary measures to erase the illiteracy by independent and simple courses.

Dr. Hani Omran, a Teacher at Damascus University, for his part, referred to the importance of the role of the institutes of erasing the illiteracy, citing several factors for the success of this campaign.

Several intellectuals and teachers from other Arab states stressed also the necessity of finding an educated Arab community and providing the political and organizational will to ensure the success of literacy.

The Arab assembly ends its activities tomorrow by a press conference, in which the outcomes of the dialogues and symposiums held during the last three days will be reviewed.