Within the framework of the Practical Field Training Programme that targets fourth-year students at the Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, and in connection with the General Directorate of Education in Makkah which is represented by the School Health Directorate, the students of the Department of Health Education and Promotion paid a morning training visit to health promotion schools represented by Shuaa Al Maarifah Private Schools on Sunday 22^nd Muharram 1438H.

Mr. Muhammad Mastour Al-Soleimy, Director of School Health in Makkah, gave a presentation on the Directorate’s experience in the application of the Programme. Moreover, the students went on a practical training in the implementation of the programme and the identification of the school’s level in the field of health awareness, according to the Programme’s specific levels. This was followed by a practical application by the students on the same school. This was through the cooperation of Mr. MMuhammad Al-Maatani, the School’s Headmaster , and under the supervision of Dr. Muhammad Othman Al-Amin and Dr. Hatem ben Abdullah Yosif Natto, Head of the Department of Health Education and Promotion.

It is worth mentioning that during the next two weeks, and through coordination with the School Health Directorate, Health Promotion students will assess the programme in Makkah in more than thirty schools that apply it according to the specified standards. This will take place under the umbrella of joint cooperation and community partnership, which serves public health and the educational process.