education

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – New York) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson joined other dignitaries and international celebrities to launch a new anti-poverty campaign aimed at mobilizing global citizens to pressure their governments to deliver on their promises of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – New York) - Sharing a stage with some of the most recognized figures in development, including former US President Bill Clinton and his Vice President Al Gore, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and rock star Bono, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah took the opportunity to shed light on the value of public-private partnerships and investments in education, at the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York, Wednesday. 

(Mahmoud Habboush, Jordan Times – Amman) – Schoolchildren across the country on Tuesday presented their visions of how to empower the use of technology in education at the Creativity Festival, organised by the Ministry of Education and World Links Arab Region (WLAR).

More than 500 projects, 30 online newsletters and 30 designs for ideal schools, all completed by students from 400 schools in the country, were celebrated at the event, which Her Majesty Queen Rania and Sudanese Vice President Silva Kiir Mayardit attended.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Dead Sea) - Innovation and creativity are the new buzz words of the 21st century classroom, and with those buzz words comes a new way of doing things.

Long gone are the days of traditional ribbon cutting ceremonies—on Wednesday, with the click of a mouse, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah cut a virtual ribbon to launch the new Innovative Teachers’ Network (ITN) in Jordan. Her Majesty lauded the pioneering effort at the ITN launch in the Dead Sea which, she said, leads to people connecting all over the world.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Kuwait) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, co-chair of the Arab Open University (AOU) Board of Trustees, underlined the important role of the university in promoting quality education in the Arab world.

On a one-day working visit to Kuwait, Queen Rania chaired the second meeting of the AOU’s Board of Trustees, with the participation of Her Highness Sheikha Majida Al-Jaber Al Sabbah, His Highness Prince Turki Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, Kuwaiti Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad and AOU President Dr. Munther Salah.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Dead Sea) - Arab and Group of Eight (G8) ministers of education joined forces, during the last two days, to explore educational reform prospects that will ensure that students in the region have access to high quality education, at a conference on the development of education.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) - Highlighting the central role of teachers in introducing creativity and 21st century learning skills into the classroom, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Sunday, attended an award ceremony held by Intel Corporation, in recognition of the three millionth teacher, Jordanian Bothayna ElHabahba, to have completed the "Intel Teach to the Future" training program worldwide.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, on Tuesday, stressed that youth and students are the pride of Jordan and that His Majesty King Abdullah and the Government are working to provide various means which will enhance their capabilities and unleash their potential. 

Her Majesty was speaking to a group of 20 female students from the Maymoonah Secondary School for Girls, during a visit to the Al-Manara area in East Amman. 

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – New Delhi) - Access to quality education and child immunization were the focus of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah's two-day trip to the Indian subcontinent, which began on Friday, to draw attention to the plight of children and reiterate the need for increased efforts in the global struggle against preventable diseases.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Madaba) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited the village of Al Shgeig, near Madaba, today, where citizens voiced their concerns and highlighted the need to improve the infrastructure and living conditions in their community. 

The village is in a remote area near the district of Theeban, and some of the problems the citizens face include a lack of access to transportation, clean water and electricity.