AMMAN – December 14, 2015 - Under the patronage of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), the conference of UN Global Compact – the fifth Principles for Reasonable Management Education (PRME) organized by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Graduate School of Business (TAG-SB) was held at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh expressed his pride of the UN Global Compact as one of the great achievements he accomplished at the international as he was appointed the vice-chair of the UN Global Compact headed by Secretary-General of UN Kofi Annan and later Ban Ki-moon.
He stressed the importance of education as the only tool for the development of nations pointing out that refugees also need education. “In cooperation with the EU, TAG-Org will provide digital education to refugees where they are. Through that, they will be able to obtain recognized certificates from recognized universities."
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh also recalled the hard days of being a refugee when he had to walk for hours to reach the school and complete his education. He also stated that he refuses the word "refugee" and suggests the word "vulnerable" instead as those who were forced to leave their countries are guests at the hosting countries".
Furthermore, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh also referred to the importance of the trend toward the digital education, recalling the last Arab Summit that announced 2015-2025 the decade of the eradication of illiteracy.
In addition, he called for the need to keep pace with the digital education describing the digital education revolution as "Tsunami" that we have to keep pace with, pointing out that the studies suggest that the future of the education is the digital education and beyond.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh clarified that TAGI-UNI was established to make the education available for every one as a human right. In addition, digital education overcomes the problems of visa travel, accommodation costs, etc. TAGI-UNI established relationships with well reputable universities in the world. It delivers the programs of those universities so that the student obtains a recognized certificate from those internationally accredited universities.
In addition, he thanked the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research as it has started to accredit digital education provided by recognized and accredited universities. He called for that the universities must be without walls or campus so that they will not need a large area of real estate.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh stated that both AROQA and ASREN, under the patronage of the League of Arab States, are working to improve the quality of education and scientific research in the universities.
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