Yesterday, Sunday, the Ministry of Education held a celebration to mark the launch of the first phase of the Reading Challenge initiative, which aims to encourage Arab youth to read and create an educated generation informed about issues that concern Arab societies.
The Minister of Education, Musa Al-Magarif, during his attendance at the celebration at the Abdullah bin Masoud School, Supervision of Education, confirmed the Ministry’s intention to launch a national version of the initiative, and to work on distributing libraries to 900 educational institutions during the coming period.
Al-Maqrif stressed the importance of reading in expanding students’ understanding, praising the educational and pedagogical efforts of the family and all students.
The Chairman of the Supreme Committee of the Arab Reading Challenge Initiative, Dr. Ali Qanun, provided a detailed explanation regarding the initiative, which is organized by the UAE and in which Libya will participate for the first time, in the eighth session, explaining that next Wednesday will witness the launch of the first stages of the initiative through competition at the level of the educational institution, all the way to To choose 10 students who will represent the country of Libya.
The celebration was attended by the Minister’s Advisor, the Chairman and members of the Supreme Committee of the Arab Reading Challenge Initiative, the Director of the School Activity Department, the Superintendent of Education Souq Al-Jumaa, a number of office directors in the Supervision Bureau, and a group of male and female teachers, students and their parents.
Yesterday, the Supreme Committee of the Arab Reading Challenge Initiative discussed preparations for the launch of the competition stages, during its meeting at Abdullah bin Masoud School, Supervision of Education, Friday Market.
The attendees reviewed the stages of the competition and the timetable for each, starting with the competition at the educational institution level, which will be held on the twenty-fourth of this month, during which three students from each school will be selected.
The participants also discussed the evaluation criteria for pupils and students during the competition stages, which will be undertaken by the offices and branches of the Educational Inspection and Guidance Department, as well as discussing the role of the activity management in introducing the stages of the initiative that aims to encourage reading, reaching the largest number of students in the coming years.
The Arab Reading Challenge project aims to encourage students in the Arab world to read through the commitment of more than one million students to participate in reading 5 million books during each academic year, as well as awareness of the importance of reading and developing students’ Arabic language skills.
Last updated: April 22, 2024 – 20:18
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Ecuadorians in Spain vote in a “civic party”
– 2024-04-23 11:13:56
The vote of Ecuadorians in Spain in the popular consultation raised this Sunday by the president of his country, Daniel Noboain which they must give their opinion on issues such as security, employment or the fight against corruption, It happens “normally” and in the middle of a “celebration of civic fervor.”
This is how he defined the constant influx of their compatriots to the 19 electoral precincts open in Spain the Ecuadorian ambassador in Madrid, Wilma Andradein an appearance before the media at the IFEMA venue in the Spanish capital where the vote takes place.
Andrade offered a first assessment of the holding of the consultation, for which 184,000 Ecuadorians throughout the country were registered, and in which until 1:30 p.m. local time (11:30 GMT), nearly 23,000 had exercised their right.
“That is to say, we are experiencing a civic festival in Spain and everything is developing absolutely normally.”said the diplomat.
According to Andrade, voting began promptly at 9 a.m. local time (07:00 GMT) and will close at 7:00 p.m. (16:00 GMT).
Orderly process
«The tables have been set at the scheduled time and we have had no problems. All are already formed with delegates and observers. The process is orderly, of civic fervor and reunion, because many Ecuadorians find themselves in this vote with their compatriots and their friends.he pointed.
In figures of Madrid, where 71,086 Ecuadorians are registeredat that same time 14,207 had voted, plus 205 in the province of Toledo, which belongs to the same electoral jurisdiction, according to data provided by the consul general of Ecuador in the Spanish capital, Paula Noboa.
Noboa acknowledged that presidential votes always have a greater turnout, “but the numbers at this time, personally, make me very happy.”
Without being able to accurately calculate the final number of participation, the ambassador took the floor again to specify that, taking into account the half-day data, “I would say that we are going to surpass other popular consultations that had less acceptance.”
Since the voting centers opened, the influx has been constant to the electoral centers.
Difficult moment
In Madrid, a long line queued to enter the venue where a large Ecuadorian flag presided over the space, which many came dressed in the shirt of their soccer teamtypical costumes, ponchos, and even religious habits, like that of the three nuns who were waiting for their turn to vote.
“I have come to vote because I am interested in the future of my country,” Edwin, a 30-year-old Ecuadorian, told EFE.
“Until now, decisions have been made that I do not agree with, and that is why it is very important for me to vote and be able to decide myself and not have other people decide for me,” he added.
The vote in the referendum called in Ecuador by Daniel Noboa comprehends eleven questions to be answered by citizens to strengthen the fight against organized crime, attract investments through the recognition of international arbitrations and encourage the creation of employment with temporary and hourly contracts.
The consultation is being held at one of the most delicate moments for Noboa in the nearly five months he has been in power, with an international diplomatic crisis due to the assault on the Mexican Embassy to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas and with an internal energy crisis. with blackouts of up to eight hours a day this week. EFE
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Israeli Retaliatory Strikes Against Tehran: Updates and Analysis
2024-04-18 04:01:44
Israeli and American media reported on Wednesday night that the Hebrew state considered quickly launching retaliatory strikes against Tehran in response to the unprecedented Iranian bombing of its territory last weekend, but it eventually changed its mind.
The Israeli public television channel Kan said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided, following a conversation with US President Joe Biden, not to implement the previously approved plans to launch retaliatory strikes against Tehran if it carried out its threat to attack the Jewish state.
The channel quoted a senior official who asked it not to publish his name, saying, “Diplomatic sensitivities played a role… There will inevitably be a response, but it will be different from what was initially planned.”
In turn, the American news site Axios quoted unnamed Israeli sources as saying that during the meeting held by the Israeli War Council on Monday, which was its second meeting since the Iranian bombing, the ministers carefully discussed the possibility of issuing the order to carry out retaliatory strikes, but in the end they did not. that.
Axios also quoted an American official as saying, “We do not know why and to what extent the attack was imminent (against Iran).”
According to the same website, Israel informed the US administration on Monday that it had decided to wait to strike Iran.
For its part, the American ABC News network said that the Israeli government had considered launching strikes against Iran on two occasions, but without issuing an order to do so.
But Netanyahu stressed, on Wednesday, that Israel “reserves the right to protect itself” in the face of international pressure on his government to avoid launching a strike against Iran, which threatens to drag the region into further escalation in the midst of the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In turn, Tehran reiterated, on Wednesday, that any Israeli response would be met with a “harsh and violent” response.
On Saturday night and Sunday, Tehran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, during which it launched more than 300 projectiles, including a ballistic missile, a winged missile, and a drone, with a total payload of 85 tons.
Israel confirmed that it succeeded, with the help of its allies, in intercepting the vast majority of these missiles and drones, with the exception of a few ballistic missiles, which caused only limited damage.
Iran announced that it carried out the attack within the framework of “legitimate defense”, after the destruction of its consulate headquarters in Damascus on April 1, in a strike that Tehran attributed to Israel.
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