Book of Proceedings of the First Conference (1) of Arab Ministers of Education under the title “A Future Vision for Education”

The First Conference (1) of Ministers of Education in the Arab World discussed the issue of anticipating the situation of education in Arab countries by working on formulating a future vision. The discussion of the main document presented to the conference, prepared by ALECSO, revealed great interest in the issue and in the joint Arab educational project for its strategic role in deepening and strengthening the Arab conscience and consolidating the meanings of the unity of the Arab nation and its destiny, and its aspirations and hopes for the advancement of the Arab person, and preparing him well so that he can face future challenges, win the required stakes, and keep pace with changes and developments at the Arab, regional and international levels. The conference called for the importance of being familiar with the quantitative and qualitative Arab educational and pedagogical achievements, introducing its creative programmes, looking at their requirements within the framework of working to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development at the level of the Arab world, and diagnosing the reality of Arab education objectively at all levels of inputs, processes and outputs. Most of the interventions stressed the importance of working to highlight the actual function of education as the pinnacle of national action in investing in human resources, and the importance of forming philosophical starting points. A value that enhances belonging to the nation, supports its self-cultural identity, and achieves its better future. At the end of its work, the conference issued the Tripoli Educational Statement, in which the Arab Ministers of Education and Knowledge stressed the importance of education as the hope for creating the future of the Arab nation, and they are happy to face the challenges of a new century. They believe that overcoming them requires continuing to develop the philosophy of Arab education, its institutions, and its tools with a single future national vision that takes into account renewal, improvement, freedom, creativity, and pride in the nation’s ancient past and heritage.