Umm Al-Qura University, represented by the Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers, today, Thursday, witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the General Administration of Saudi Schools Abroad at the Ministry of Education in the presence of the President of the University, Prof. Moaddi bin Muhammad Aal Madh-hab.

The memorandum was signed by the Dean of the Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers, Prof. Hasan bin Abdul-Hamid Bukhari, as the UQU representative, and Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Sudairi, Director of the General Administration of Saudi Schools Abroad.

The scope of cooperation between the two parties includes professional development and distance training in the field of teaching Arabic as a second language. It also involves providing remote training programs for employees of Saudi academies and schools and delegates to educational missions abroad.

The Dean of the Institute, Prof. Al-Bukhari, said that the signing of this memorandum was a result of the successes achieved in the first session held remotely for the different parties involved in the summer of last year 1442 A.H. This was followed with great determination to continue and further this cooperation that aims to hone the capabilities of educational cadres dispatched abroad, raise their level of efficiency by consolidating what they need to know in terms of teaching language skills and its elements, and keep them acquainted with the latest methods of teaching Arabic as a second language and its techniques.

He added that the signing of this memorandum of understanding is a confirmation of Umm Al-Qura University's regional and global standing and will open wide horizons for it through these teachers. This is thanks to the great efforts of this institute which is the channel from which this blessed university communicates with the Muslim youth in all parts of the world in order to realize the visions and aspirations of our wise leadership to serve Islam and Muslims and to highlight the high position due to UQU.