BUSAN - Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan visited a university for prospective teachers and its affiliated elementary school in this southern port city Wednesday as part of efforts to improve her country’s education by emulating Korea’s teaching and teacher training programs.
She was briefed about the admissions process, training courses and operations by Kim Sang-young, president of Busan National University of Education, in Kim’s office.
“Korea is a prime example of how the power of education can transform a nation,” the queen told Kim and her entourage, including Jordanian Ambassador to Korea Omar Al-Nahar and Maysa Jalbout, director of research and planning from Jordan’s government.
“We, Jordan, are facing similar challenges that Korea experienced decades ago. I strongly believe that the single most important element in education is the quality of the teachers.”
The queen expressed her wish for cooperation with Korea to improve the quality of the education system and its teachers. “I would like to see how you approach training teachers and I would like to see how we cooperate,” she said.
The visit was made on the sidelines of the ongoing Fourth High-Level International Forum on Aid Effectiveness, which will end today.
The queen was one of the VIP guests at the forum, along with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Jordan’s queen kept fixing her eyes on documents elaborating on the university and Korea’s overall education system while listening to an English presentation by professor Cho Kyung-sook at the department of English education.
Queen Rania replied “great” as Cho asked for the queen’s support to open a Korean language training course in Jordan.
She was envious after learning that in Korea it’s very competitive to become a licensed teacher. She said in Jordan teaching is an unpopular career among students.
She inspected classrooms and an exhibition hall and spoke to some of the students who welcomed her visit with loud applause.
Finding parent-made craftworks on display, she looked impressed, saying “How active their parents are!”
She went on to say, “It’s so important to provide students with opportunities to learn about music, arts and other creative subjects.”
Source:
koreatimes.co.kr
She was briefed about the admissions process, training courses and operations by Kim Sang-young, president of Busan National University of Education, in Kim’s office.
“Korea is a prime example of how the power of education can transform a nation,” the queen told Kim and her entourage, including Jordanian Ambassador to Korea Omar Al-Nahar and Maysa Jalbout, director of research and planning from Jordan’s government.
“We, Jordan, are facing similar challenges that Korea experienced decades ago. I strongly believe that the single most important element in education is the quality of the teachers.”
The queen expressed her wish for cooperation with Korea to improve the quality of the education system and its teachers. “I would like to see how you approach training teachers and I would like to see how we cooperate,” she said.
The visit was made on the sidelines of the ongoing Fourth High-Level International Forum on Aid Effectiveness, which will end today.
The queen was one of the VIP guests at the forum, along with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Jordan’s queen kept fixing her eyes on documents elaborating on the university and Korea’s overall education system while listening to an English presentation by professor Cho Kyung-sook at the department of English education.
Queen Rania replied “great” as Cho asked for the queen’s support to open a Korean language training course in Jordan.
She was envious after learning that in Korea it’s very competitive to become a licensed teacher. She said in Jordan teaching is an unpopular career among students.
She inspected classrooms and an exhibition hall and spoke to some of the students who welcomed her visit with loud applause.
Finding parent-made craftworks on display, she looked impressed, saying “How active their parents are!”
She went on to say, “It’s so important to provide students with opportunities to learn about music, arts and other creative subjects.”
Source:
koreatimes.co.kr
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