The University of Sciences and Arts in Lebanon (USAL) launched a “free scholarships” programme for public school teachers in the schools within the area of the union of southern suburb municipalities, under the title “Visiting Student Course”.
A statement issued by the university on the occasion said that “this project comes out of the university's social responsibility and in harmony with its values, its mission and its strategic aims, which affirm its pivotal role in serving society, developing it and meeting its needs - by providing the activities and programmes that meet these needs through the university's faculties, its research and applied activities and its academic programmes”.
The statement explained that the programme “includes providing two entirely free teaching courses for two teachers from each public school in the municipalities of Ghobeiry, Haret Hreik, Burj Al-Barajneh and Mreijeh, free of charge within the bachelor's programme at the university's Faculty of Education, in one of the following specializations: special education, physical and sports education, teaching science and mathematics, and early childhood education. The public schools may choose from the courses offered, according to their needs or the specializations related to the candidates.”
The statement announced that teaching would begin on 15 June 2023 and end on 26 July 2023, and that the registration period for the programme would extend until 16 June 2023.
For more information: registrar@usal.edu.lb, or call: 71166744.
