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27 women graduates honoured in Muscat

MUSCAT - Twenty-seven women students who completed the first Montessori methods of education programme in Oman were felicitated and presented with their graduation certificates at a ceremony here presided over by Sayyida Muna Al Said.

The course, sponsored by charity organisation Dar Al Atta, was aimed at teaching young students how to prepare themselves for the outside world through the acquisition of skills and experiences they have learned in a ‘real’ environment. “Dar Al Atta is proud to have sponsored the girls through the first Montessori course in Oman,” Nada Al Jamali from Dar Al Atta said, adding: “It is our objective to give as much back to our local community as possible through programmes just like these and we are looking forward to witnessing how our investment will enrich Oman’s women and students through the acquisition of such methods in the future.”

The Montessori method, Zuhoor Hammed Al Saleh, owner of the Montessori nursery, explained, was split into five main areas “which focus on the elements every human being needs before they are ready to face the pressures of the world”.

For Dar Al Atta 2010 was a year of major achievements. It sent 40 children to Disney Land in Hong Kong as a celebration of 40 years of rule by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, distributed over 3,700 food parcels to needy families in Oman, raised a significant amount of money through a charity dinner for abused and needy families, built three new homes and helped those people affected by Cyclone Phet in June.

ravindranath@khaleejtimes.com