Experts and academics from the participating Lebanese, Arab and International universities discussed ways to introduce concepts of peace-building inhighereducation and the integration of a culture of dialogue and conflict transformation in the curriculum of Lebanese universities.
Funded by the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, First Lady of Qatar and UNESCO special envoy for Basic and Highereducation, the Curriculum Development project aims to contribute to modernization and reconciliation in Iraqi society by reformulating the Iraqi school curriculum and textbooks.
We will eventually see a resulting decline in the quality of what has been the best higher-education system in the world, as the people capable of designing a college curriculum and staffing it lose authority over the areas of their professional expertise.