Muscat, Dr. Ali bin Saud al-Bimani, Vice Chancellor
of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) received in his office today Chung
Utak, Director, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for
International Understanding (APCEIU).
APCEIU organization under the auspices of UNESCO seeks to
strengthen regional and sub-regional capacities in planning and
implementing a broad range of practices in Education for International
Understanding (EIU). It encourages and facilitates collaborative links
between Asia-Pacific initiatives and other regional, international and
global efforts in education.
APCEIU also carries out research and development related to the
philosophy, teaching methods and curricula in the field of EIU and
organize training workshops and seminars on EIU. The College of
Education at the SQU, with the support of APCEIU has developed an
elective course on Global Citizenship Education and it will be offered
from the next semester. The College has received teaching and
learning materials and other publications on EIU from APCEIU.
During the meeting, the two sides stressed the need for strengthening
the partnership between SQU and APCEIU and extending the
outcomes to various colleges and centres of the University.
Source: Oman News Agency