Meeting of the Higher Coordinating Committee for the Arab Decade of Literacy and Adult Education

Representatives of the authorities in charge of literacy in the Arab countries, a number of Arab, regional and international organizations, as well as many experts and civil society organizations concerned with the 39, literacy will attend the meeting.

Ambassador Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, deputy secretary general of the Arab League, said the meeting was part of the implementation of the resolution of the Arab League summit at its 26th session (Charm el-Sheikh: March 29, 2015) on the adoption of the Arab Decade of Literacy and Adult Education. (2015-2024), "a decade for the elimination of illiteracy in the Arab world in all its forms (alphabet, digital, cultural), on the basis of the initiative launched by the & # 039; Egypt at the Arab Summit held in Kuwait in March 2014, All over the land My Lord.

She explained that the meeting aimed to follow the implementation of the recommendations of the fourth meeting of the Higher Coordinating Committee and to launch the media plan for the Arab Decade of Literacy and its executive plan after its adoption by the Council. Arab ministers of information in May 2018.

The Arab Decade of Literacy and Adult Education will be launched on the Internet and the League of Arab States will review the measures taken to implement the education of internally displaced persons and refugees affected by displacement. armed conflicts in Arab countries.

The Adult Education Center of Ain Shams University gave a presentation on the role of adult education centers in achieving the goals of the Arab Decade of Literacy and Education. adult education in the Arab world.

She explained that the meeting included a discussion on the implementation of the goals of the Arab Decade of Literacy in the Arab States and the establishment of a mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the goals. of the Arab Decade of Literacy.

She added that Al-Lajma had stressed the importance of investing the energies of youth in the activities of the Arab Literacy Decade in cooperation with the Schoolchildren's Union. Egyptian, the Arab Scout Organization and the Ministry of Social Solidarity in the Arab Republic of Egypt.