Following his election as head of the Education House Commission, MP Hassan Murad stressed the importance of cooperating with all colleagues in the various parliamentary blocs and working hard to launch a workshop to advance education, higher education and culture in Lebanon.

Murad pledged to work with colleagues within the Commission to launch a comprehensive educational reform process that includes rehabilitating the public school to be able to compete with its private counterpart and strengthening formal vocational education in line with the needs of the market. He also highlighted the importance of strengthening the role of the national university, approving the necessary legislation for its development, opening the door for the annual recruitment of full-time faculty, and rendering it a starting point for joint research between Universities, Chambers of Industry, Commerce and Agriculture.

“We will work on restructuring the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to be more responsive to the accelerating scientific developments, focus on developing educational curricula and work on the completion of the unified history book and the amendment of the national education book to reinforce patriotism and the state of citizenship,” Murad said.

“Our beloved Lebanon has always been a beacon of learning, higher education and culture,” he added, noting that “these projects are being pushed forward with the aim of building a better tomorrow and restoring Lebanon’s standing as a beacon of education and culture,” Murad asserted.

He thanked his fellow members of parliament who gave him their votes to preside over the Higher Education and Culture House Commission

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon