Under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr. Abbas Al-Halabi and the director general Imad Al-Ashkar, the Ministry of Education held at the UNESCO Palace - Beirut a ceremony honoring the top ten in Lebanon in the official general secondary certificate examinations in the four streams for 2024, attended by figures, dignitaries and officials from various Lebanese national and educational institutions, and with the participation of the directors of the honored Al-Mabarrat institutions.
The honored students were: student Sarah Naji Rammal (Al-Rahma Secondary School), third place at the level of Lebanon in the economics and sociology stream; student Najwa Mohammad Houmani (Al-Rahma Secondary School), tenth place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream; student Rawan Ibrahim Kamal (Al-Rahma Secondary School), tenth place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream; student Ali Hassan Ahmad (Al-Jawad Secondary School), second place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream; student Abdo Naji Arar (Al-Jawad Secondary School), eighth place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream; student Zainab Al-Hawraa Hussein Al-Moussawi (Al-Jawad Secondary School), ninth place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream; student Hawraa Salloum (Al-Kawthar Secondary School), second place at the level of Lebanon in the general sciences stream; student Yara Dergham (Al-Kawthar Secondary School), third place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream; student Reem Fadlallah (Al-Kawthar Secondary School), sixth place in Lebanon in the sociology and economics stream; student Fatima Ahmad Hijazi (Al-Hassan Secondary School), sixth place at the level of Lebanon in the general sciences stream; student Zahraa Mahdi Al-Fatlawi (Al-Hassan Secondary School), tenth place at the level of Lebanon in the general sciences stream; and student Vanessa Hassan Nour Eddine (Al-Hassan Secondary School), tenth place at the level of Lebanon in the life sciences stream.
Student Ali Hassan Ahmad delivered the word of the high achievers, saying: “… I climb the ladder of this achievement after effort and diligent work that lasted for years, and it would not have been achieved without the support and encouragement of my family, who were the first support, and likewise my administration and my esteemed teachers at Imam Al-Jawad Secondary School, part of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association founded by His Eminence the scholar and religious authority Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who counselled us saying: ‘I do not want you merely to pass; I want you to excel.'”
He offered thanks to: “the Minister of Education Dr. Abbas Al-Halabi, first for his insistence on holding the official examinations despite the complicated circumstances we are passing through, so that we gained a certificate whose importance everyone knows; and for motivating us through this distinctive honoring ceremony. His wise vision was like a compass that guided us toward brilliance and creativity.”
He concluded: “This excellence is not the end of the road but a new beginning for more work and diligence at the university stage, so that in the future we may be one cooperating hand to build the Lebanon of our dreams.”
