The event was organized by the RMF through ACCESS-MENA Project in partnership with the Higher Council for Childhood (HCC), the Lebanese Union for Child Welfare (LUCW), Save the Children and in collaboration with the CDS.

52 participants from different educational institutions as well as public figures attended the conference. 26 participants stayed for the workshop that followed the conference.

The event was part of a series of similar activities organized in the 5 Mohafazat, to bring out suggestions and recommendations on the Mechanism of Application of Compulsory Free Education. These recommendations would be pooled from all the workshops, summarized and discussed for the consensus in a meeting to be organized by HCC for the National Strategy for the Education for All.

The director of the CDS, Mrs. Amal Jaber welcomed the audience and presented the representative of the Nabatieh Mohafez, Dr Zahi Ibrahim who stressed on the importance of education and its role in improving children development.

The President of the LUCW, Mrs. Fadia Othman Al Assaad pointed out the need for better school infrastructure in the Nabatieh area, giving figures about the huge number of out of school children, in comparison to the large number of schools (in poor conditions) in that area.

The technical advisor of RMF's ACESS-MENA Project, Dr. Alyssar Radi presented the project and its objectives, partners and beneficiaries, and the role of ACCESS-MENA project in the policy and strategy implementation.

Mrs. Katia Haddad explained the procedures of workshops conducted by the HCC program throughout Lebanon in partnership with different active NGOs.

Mr. Hassan Fakih ended the plenary session with the Nabatieh Mohafez speech, who pointed that education programs should be among one of the main issues considered by the government institutions and civil societies.

The participants for the workshop that followed were divided into four working groups. Four main subjects were discussed:
• Quality of Education: how to improve the quality of education in public schools and reconsidering the laws concerning that issue.
• School dropouts: children who left school due to several problems, economic, social and failure.
• Compulsory free education: review of the related laws and create the mechanism to proceed and execute the compulsory and free education to all the children.
• Comprehensive education: discuss how to reach and apply one single unified curriculum amongst public schools.

Mrs. Amal Jaber speaking

Attendance

Mrs. Fadia Othman Al Assaad

Dr. Alyssar Radi presenting the project

Mr. Hassan Fakih

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