IRAQ | Education Sector

[diako_ber]

Conditions that must be met in an Iraqi public school:

- half yellow painted walls - check
- overhead fans - check
- windows with bars - check
- blackboard/whiteboard - check
- old-style desks - check

[alshawi1234]

Didn't know where else to post this.



Iraqi police launch plan to protect schools from violent attacks

The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Tuesday (October 30th) launched a special security plan to protect primary schools and kindergartens, following recent attacks that killed at least a dozen children.

Under the new plan, "one police car with a crew of four policemen equipped with weapons and modern communications equipment will [join] security patrols present in [each] school's neighbourhood," said ministry spokesperson Col. Saad Maan.

Cameras will also be installed at school gates and around their perimeters, and parking vehicles of all kinds near school buildings will be banned, he said.

"[These measures] were taken following real terrorist threats made on the lives of children," he said.

In the past two months, "12 children were killed and about 30 others were wounded in attacks targeting schools in Anbar, Baghdad, Kirkuk and Mosul", Maan added.

He said the security men charged with guarding the schools were "carefully selected" and are "well-trained".

Dr. Mohammad Tamim, the Iraqi Education Minister, told Mawtani, "The ministry has issued tough instructions to all school administrations [regarding] children's security when they are in school."

These instructions include "allocating one gate for entry and exit under the supervision of the teaching staff, with emphasis on securing it completely; banning the release of children from classes before the daily schedule ends; and advising [students] to avoid suspicious objects they find on the streets and to inform the authorities about [these objects] immediately", he said.

Children should also "avoid speaking with strangers, especially those wearing masks, and not to comply if they are asked to get into a car, resorting to the nearest safe place immediately", Tamim added.

"Terrorist groups [are trying to] impose a culture of ignorance and backwardness on Iraq by scaring and terrorising children so they leave school, thus disabling Iraq's most important institution", he said.

"This will never happen," he said, adding that the present measures are being upgraded daily to address any flaws.

Iskandar Witwit, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on security and defence, told Mawtani, "The Iraqi parliament sent a recommendation to the Iraqi government to shoulder its responsibility towards schoolchildren by providing them with total, unlimited protection as they travel to and from school, and throughout the time they spend there."

http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/en_GB/a.../31/feature-01

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""In the past two months, "12 children were killed and about 30 others were wounded in attacks targeting schools in Anbar, Baghdad, Kirkuk and Mosul", Maan added.""

خوش جهاد.

[3ankabot]

Awful schools, looks like prison chambers, terrible, design overall. I I was a child, I would not want to spend one day in that prison.

[Asa89]

thans dude, but the but there is just a little issue I'm facing.
http://www.iraqinews.com/variety/kuf...eges-in-01-01/ is not responding.
Its quite irritating.

[Sinjar]

Iraq to buy 50,000 Dell PCs for schools

Thursday 8 November 2012

The Iraqi Ministry of Education has signed a deal with Dell to deploy 50,000 desktop PCs in 4,000 schools in central Iraq.

The deal is intended to help revamp IT learning and resources in Iraqi schools, which have suffered due to international sanctions, conflict and import challenges, meaning access to IT in classrooms has been negligible.

The deal will see the multi-phase deployment of 50,000 Dell OptiPlex 380 PCs plus monitors, which will benefit 200,000 Iraqi students, Itp.net reported.

Naif Hussen, general director of IT at the ministry, said they chose Dell OptiPlex systems because they are cost efficient, powerful and expandable.

[Sinjar]

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[BigDreamer]

wow that's so little..

[alshawi1234]

I hope they don't get stolen.

[sheytanElKebir]

should have gone with tablets... and a much larger number too.

just googled this "dell" and aparently its an END OF LIFE product... having been replaced by the optiplex 390... nice. and its a DESKTOP PC meaning that it takes up a lot of space AND will need a UPS to make it work in Iraq effectively. They could have got a laptop for a lower price and which takes up less space... but maybe they were worried about people walking out with it...

[BigDreamer]

but tablets lacks most pc functionality, kids will not get a comprehensive education in ICT from tablets alone.. but they should still get exposure to handheld devices too

[Sinjar]

العَتبة الحُسينية المُقدَّسة تفتتح سبع روضاتٍ قُرآنيةٍ




(imamhussain.org)

إفتتحت دار القُرآن الكريم التابعة للعَتبة الحُسينية المُقدَّسة سبع روضاتٍ قُرآنيةٍ جاء ذلك بعد إفتتاح الروضة القُرآنية الأولى العام الماضي ، وبهذا يكون عدد الروضات التي إفتتحتها الدار ثمانِ روضات .
وجاء إفتتاح هذه الروضات بعد الإقبال الكبير على روضة الإمام الحسين(عليه السلام) القُرآنية، ما دفع العَتبة الحُسينية المُقدَّسة إلى إفتتاح عدد من الروضات في مختلف أحياء كربلاء لتعمَّ الفائدة على أبناء المحافظة وذلك لإستقطاب أكبر عدد من الطلبة حيث تعد الروضة الحُسينية برنامجاً لبناء جيل لا يحيد عن مباديء القُرآن الكريم والعِترة الطاهرة.

يُذكر إنَّ العَتبة الحُسينية المُقدَّسة تتكفل بنقل الطلبة من مساكنهم إلى هذه الروضات بالإضافة إلى تخصيص نُخبة من الأساتذة ذوي الكفاءة العالية في توجيه الطلبة وتعليمهم .

[BigDreamer]

the expression on their faces says it all -___-

[haiderpass]

Originally Posted by BigDreamer

the expression on their faces says it all -___-

[fazl1991]

Originally Posted by BigDreamer

the expression on their faces says it all -___-

ahghahaahhahaahha

[Chounz]

I don't get it...... what's a 'rawdha qur2aniya'? Makes no sense to me.

[sheytanElKebir]

i think its a nursery where the religious nonsense is hammered into them from a young age.

[alshawi1234]

you don't have to agree, but how about showing some respect...

[fazl1991]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

i think its a nursery where the religious nonsense is hammered into them from a young age.

to you might be nonsense
you don't see me coming to you and telling you being atheist is nonsense!

respect is a good thing.

[sheytanElKebir]

religious indoctrination closes the mind since so many things are just "haram". simple stuff like how can a muslim fast in ramadhan during summer in Norway... basic mistakes that indicate that the quran was written by people UNAWARE of the earth's rotation and angle around the sun!! would seriously doubt "god" would make such a basic error... now with all these basic mistakes that indicate to anyone rational that the religion is a MAN MADE construct and not "brought down from heaven" being forcefed at nursery (and presumably at home by their parents)... all the while children in the REST OF THE WORLD learn a rather different curriculum.. (yes including you alshawi and fazl!)... why are you happy for such a "curriculum" to be imposed upon our young generation that neither of you were impeded by (having experienced a completely secular education to "western" standard yourselves!).

If we don't aspire to give the people in Iraq the same education, housing, healthcare and transportation infrastructure that WE OURSELVES enjoy outside Iraq is deeply deeply hypocritical.

sad to see such regression in the 21st century.... what hope do our youth have with such mentalities?

[fazl1991]

Originally Posted by sheytanElKebir

religious indoctrination closes the mind since so many things are just "haram".

to do it from such a young age imposes a great mental block on these youths from which they will have a hard time recovering.

sad to see such regression in the 21st century.... what hope do our youth have with such mentalities?

That wasnt my point and I am not interested in discussing this.

But my point was u referring to religion as nonsense