University to participate in "The Youth and citizenship Conference: values and origins."
King Khalid University, represented by the Deanship of Student Affairs is participating on Wednesday and Thursday, 4 - 5 of February 2015 AD in "The Youth and citizenship Conference: values and origins". Umm Al Qura University is organizing the Conference, with the participation of a number of researchers and specialists from universities, educational institutions and authorities that are relevant to young people and their affairs from within and outside the Kingdom. The venue of the Conference is King Abdul Aziz Historic Hall at the University City in Makkah.
The objectives of "The Youth and citizenship Conference: values and origins" are defining and promoting the concept of citizenship, and elaborating the importance of the role of educational institutions and civil society organizations in instilling these values in young people, plus studying the requirements and variables of this segment. Moreover, the Conference intends to study the factors that affect belonging among youth, and how to develop it. The conference will address themes and topics based in general on educating young people to strengthen the spirit of citizenship.
The Conference proves the king Khalid University's pursuit to perform its social responsibility, as well as its scientific and educational obligations. The University, through taking part in such conference, is trying to achieve the aspirations of the rulers of this great nation - May God protect them - who are eager to take care of the youth of this nation, whose affairs they are permanently interested in.
On this regard, the Dean of Student Affairs of King Khalid University, Dr. Merraa bin Saad al-Habash explained that the gathering of Youth and Citizenship is an important issue because it is common in the age in which the young people's thinking is changing. He added that the youth and citizenship issues go hand in hand, adding that "Issues related to youth belonging should be tackled seriously in universities and everywhere due to the large number of spiteful and envious people and scenes in most of modern social networks. They - envious people - are trying to confuse and change young people's thinking. Tackling such topics must be in youth's critical age, so as to enable them to realize the extent of the threat directed to them."
The Dean further clarified, "The university's participation is not limited to a number of deans and Vice - Presidents but also included the participation of the delegation of students and a number of faculty members. The University, represented by the Deanship believed that the targeted category is the youth, in order to benefit them. The University intends to accommodate this experience to university programs in the future - God willing".
It is noteworthy that the conference participants, during its sessions, are handling 4 main axes. The first axis will address the theme of "the fact of citizenship". The second axis will focus on "the role of social institutions toward citizenship development," the 3rd theme is "The role of educational institutions toward citizenship and its values" while the fourth theme is "Youth of universities and identity."
