Oman Ministry of Education extends warm support to SSEHV

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Sathya Sai Education in Human Values

 

Oman Ministry of Education extends warm support to SSEHV

 

A workshop entitled 'The role of teachers and inculcation of human

values' was held at a school in Oman in February, with the support

of the Oman Ministry of Education. The event, which was attended by

68 teachers from 20 schools, was reported in the Times of Oman, The

Oman Observer and a popular national magazine called The Week.

 

Speakers included Michelle Ni Thogdha, curriculum officer at the

Ministry of Education, psychologist Dr R. Narayan, and Rajesh

Ramanaidoo, who was one of the organisers of the first SSEHV holiday

programme in the UK in 2001, and who recently emigrated to Oman. A

message of support in absentia was also received from Aisha Ahmed Al

Balushi, director of the department of private schools at the Oman

Ministry of Education.

 

During the three-hour, interactive session, the audience heard about

the importance of human values in education, how SSEHV works in

bringing out positive values inherent in every child, the meaning of

each of the five core values, and how SSEHV has been implemented in

the UK.

 

The event was organised by the SAI (Serve And Inspire) Group in

Oman. Michelle Ni Thogdha invited a representative from the SAI

Group to speak again the following day at a 'School owners and

principals workshop' organised by her Ministry at the Oman Chamber

of Commerce.

 

Rajesh commented, "The presentation went very well and the success

of SSEHV in the UK was of particular interest to people. The

curriculum advisor approached me afterwards and said that she has

been thinking for some time about introducing Citizenship education

in Omani schools and she was interested in how the UK is using SSEHV

to fulfil the requirements of the citizenship programme."