To activate the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program’s National Charter
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, February 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]
Lt.
General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Interior and H.E Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of
Education attended on Monday the signing a Memorandum of Understanding
between Khalifa Student Empowerment Program ‘Aqdar’, and Knowledge Point
Educational Constants. The MoU aims at assisting the activation and
implementation of the ‘National Charter for Students’ Awareness’ that
was compiled by about 50 federal and local institutions with the aim of
empowering students with academic ability and advanced skills to meet
the various challenges and threats.
The MOU was signed on the
sidelines of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference “IDEX
2015” by Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary
General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Interior, and Chairman of the Higher Committee of the Khalifa Student
Empowerment Program, and Obaid Almansouri, Group Chief Executive Officer
at Emirates Advanced Investments Group. The event was attended by Major
General Abdul Aziz Maktoum Al Shareefi, Director General of Protective
Security at the Ministry of Interior; and Colonel Expert Dr. Ibrahim
Mohammed Al Dabal, General Coordinator of the Khalifa Student
Empowerment Program.
Major General Dr. Al Nuaimi said that
signing the MOU marks a significant stride towards achieving the coveted
objectives of the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program, notably
promoting the concepts of mutual institutional work between all
ministries, local and federal entities, private institutions and civil
society institutions, as well as all other parties involved with
students.
He said: “The existing social and security problems
require concerted collaborative action from all parties. Such
collaboration would contribute to channeling mutual efforts towards
achieving the aspired goals, fostering the proper environment to ensure
optimal benefit from all available resources, with the aim of
maintaining the security and stability of society, and ensuring its
protection against potential dangers and threats; especially against
intentional or unintentional misuse of the internet, which has become an
essential component of our lives.” He also noted that ensuring
collaboration between all concerned parties is a national duty and a
mutual responsibility.
Colonel Expert Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Al
Dabal, General Coordinator of the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program,
said: “Modern technology and the internet are becoming increasingly
crucial in the economic, social, and cultural aspects of our lives.” He
also stressed the importance of empowering students and acquainting them
with the proper methods of safe use of the internet, boosting their
sense of personal security, in order to protect them against health,
moral, or legal-related problems they may encounter via these
technologies. “These goals represent the key pillars of the Khalifa
Student Empowerment Program,” he continued.
Furthermore, Colonel
Dr. Al Dabal stressed the important role of parents in supporting and
promoting the program’s objectives in terms of raising children’s
awareness of how to safely use the internet. He said: “Parents must
direct their children to the safer use of the internet and new
communications means. They must protect them against any misuse or
exploitation by teaching their children how to protect their privacy,
and the need to refrain from posting any information, data, pictures,
etc. that may be misused by others.” “The signing of the MoU falls in
line with the efforts, continuous coordination and planning for multiple
future projects, in accordance with good practices and ethical
standards that reflect the culture and civilization of the UAE,” he
added.
For his part, Dr. Hamed Al Neyadi, Head of Knowledge
Solutions Management at Knowledge Point Education Consultants,
emphasized that the internet has created huge development in the world
and radically changed today’s world and societies. He noted that the
internet has revolutionized the way we acquire news and information and
highlighted the internet’s role in streamlining interaction between
individuals, especially with the widespread use of smart phones that
made internet services accessible anywhere and anytime. Furthermore, he
tackled the negative aspects of the widespread use of the internet,
stressing the need for strict action to reduce these risks at all
levels.
Adding further, Dr. Al Neyadi, Head of Knowledge
Solutions Management at Knowledge Point Education Consultants lauded the
valuable cooperation with the Khalifa Student Empowerment Program in
the quest to achieve the common goals, and ensure optimal use of the
available resources for the service of society. He particularly praised
the shared rights to implement the CYBER C3 program. He said: “The Cyber
C3 certification program aims to encourage a safe usage policy that
lays down rules of acceptable ‘netiquette’ or behavior that must be
applied when accessing the Internet and the basic rules of cyber safety.
It is especially developed and designed to produce digitally literate,
smart and responsible internet users, by designing and developing
educational and awareness material pertaining to the proper use of
information technology tools and social media; as well as the basics of
information security and other related topics, at the Government sector,
the family, and in public within private schools and universities.”
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Arabic-language text of this announcement is the official,
authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation
only, and should be cross-referenced with the Arabic-language text,
which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.
Contacts
The UAE Minister of Interior's General Secretariat, Tactical Affairs and Security Media Department
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Security Media
Chris Cron +971-(0)-50-987-1317
E-mail: cron.media@hotmail.com
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