RIYADH: The International Conference on Education Evaluation 2018 (ICEE) is set to begin on Tuesday.
The three-day event, to be held under the patronage of King Salman and
organized by the Education Evaluation Commission, will highlight the
current trends in the education sector.
Prince Faisal bin Abdullah Al-Mashari, the chairman of the education
commission and head of the supreme supervisory committee of the
conference held a press conference on Saturday at the National Center
for Assessment in Higher Education in Riyadh to explain the aims and
objectives of the event.
He said the theme of the conference titled “Future skills — development
and assessment” is very relevant and the aim of the event is to educate
people about the skills and qualifications highly in demand in today’s
labor market.
He said the Education Evaluation Commission is committed to developing
the Kingdom’s education sector along modern lines and to upgrade the
Saudi human resources to suit the fast-changing needs of the future.
Prince Faisal said the conference is open to all local and international educational, training and employment institutions.
The education commission chief encouraged specialists from different
areas of the education sector and the labor market to take part in the
event and make contributions in their areas of expertise.
“Sixty specialists will participate in this event and participants will
get the chance to attend 37 scientific sessions and 21 training
workshops,” he said.
The main objective of the conference is to highlight important skills in
demand, he said adding that it will help assess future requirements of
the labor market and help the participants add value to their existing
skills and achieve professional success.
“The conference also aims to discuss successful experiences in addition
to stimulating educational and training institutions and employers to
adopt programs for the development of human capital and help achieve the
goals of Vision 2030,” he added.
Prince Faisal said the conference would help define the general
framework of future skills and how to train youngsters to achieve those
skills.
Assessment of those skills at the national and individual levels will also be part of the discussion at the conference, he said.
“The conference will also focus on how to address these skills in the
labor market, in addition to presenting examples of successful local and
international practices in the field of skills development.”
The event also aims to identify the challenges facing the education sector and ways to overcome those problems effectively.
He expressed hope that the event will help boost the interest of learners and teachers to acquire new skills.
The event will take place at Riyadh’s Four Seasons Hotel.
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