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The Assistant Deputy of the Ministry of Education for General Education, Dr. Fahad bin Hammad Al-Tamimi, honored today, Monday, the graduates of the "Teaching English Language for Young Learners" (TEYL) program, in partnership with the United States Embassy in the Kingdom, in the presence of the American Counselor for Public Affairs, Melissa Clegg-Tripp.
Dr. Al-Tamimi expressed his thanks and appreciation to the members of the US Embassy in the Kingdom and its representatives for their interest in the program and their efforts to present it in the desired manner, via George Mason University, USA.
The Assistant Deputy of the Ministry said, "I am pleased to celebrate today the graduates of the English Language Teaching for Young Learners program, which is the fruit of cooperation between the Ministry of Education and the Embassy of the United States of America." He added, "I congratulate the graduates for their success in this quality program, which will have a positive impact on the level of their careers."
Dr. Al-Tamimi added, "The program targets an elite group of English language teaching specialists in the ministry and the educational community in order to achieve the goals of including English language education in the early grades of primary stage. These goals were approved by the Ministry of Education in the current academic year due to the status of this language scientifically and economically. In addition, the fact that the program represents the first stage, which will be followed by the second stage, and includes training (5,000) English language teachers at the primary stage in all education departments in the Kingdom.
For her part, the Public Affairs Counselor at the Cultural Attaché at the US Embassy, Melissa Clegg-Tripp, expressed her pride in the partnership with the Ministry of Education to achieve the goals of the "Teaching English for Young Learners" program that will broaden horizons in many jobs, fields, and sciences, tourism, multinational business, and the arts and media. All of these areas are important to the Kingdom’s vision 2030.
Badriya Al-Ghanim, Director-General of Scholarships, indicated that the Ministry of Education begins the launch of the second phase of training 5,000 teachers. The ministry works with training departments in the regions and governorates that have nominated supervisors to transfer knowledge and train their colleagues in the educational community. She noted the complementary roles with success partners in the English Language Center of the Agency for General Education in achieving the optimal investment of their abilities in a manner that serves the educational process and achieves the localization of training.