Awareness campaign for technical-vocational education held
The Ministry of Education, represented by the Technical and Vocational Education Implementation Team (Business Administration and Information Technology) in the Office of the School Education Management, Development, and Structuring Project, organised an awareness campaign for technical and vocational education paths for business administration and information technology (BTEC) majors in a number of educational schools in North Al Batinah.
The campaign targeted students in the grade 10 of basic education, at Halima Al-saadia School for Basic Education, and Kaab Bin Barsha School for Basic Education, a press release said. It included a series of meetings with the target groups of students to register and choose technical and vocational education paths for business administration and information technology (BTEC) majors that are compatible with the educational materials.
During the meetings, the team discussed the programme, which is an international technical vocational programme from Pearson Education in partnership with the Modern College for Commerce and Science. It includes five basic subjects (Islamic education, Arabic language, mathematics, and social studies), and four specialised subjects in business administration (introduction to business, commercial marketing, business decision-making, and training in the world of business), and four specialised subjects in the field of information technology (information systems management, database management, programming and development, robotics and social media in business), in addition to talking about the English language programme.
The campaign’s awareness programme also included talking about the importance of educational systems and the solutions provided by the Technical and Vocational Education Pathways Programme for business administration and information technology (BTEC) majors, including learning time, reducing the gap between school education and university education, and the problem of the relationship between theory and application and achieving a balance between theoretical teaching, practical application, and evaluating the impact of learning using various evaluation methods that focus on acquired competencies.
Students who join the BTEC programme will receive two certificates - a certificate from the Ministry of Education and a certificate from Pearson, which is recognised in many countries of the world, to help them enter the labour market and compete in the unified admission to complete studies in most specialisations that are non-scientific.