Syria participates in preliminary meeting of Summit on Transforming Education

Damascus, SANA- On the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, Syria remotely participated Tuesday in the preliminary meeting of the summit on Transforming Education due to be convened in New York in September.

The two-day meeting being hosted at UNESCO Headquarter in Paris aims to present all the work papers of the participating states and discussing them before presenting at the principle meeting of the Summit.

Speaking at the meeting, Darem Tabbaa ,Education Minister ,said that integrating Technology in Education entails many factors, the foremost of which is power sources and internet access, the issue that needs an international support in the field of the artificial intelligence as well as transforming into virtual schools to make education available and accessible for all.

The overall objective such meeting is to harness the evolving discussions on transforming education, elaborate initial content for the Summit, and generate greater momentum in the lead up to September.

Baraa Ali / Mazen Eyon