It discharges the following tasks:
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To support pioneering experiences in the field of Quranic education;
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To establish and run departments and centres specialized in the field of teaching Islamic culture and Arabic language to non-Arabic speakers.
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To coordinate and cooperate with institutions and bodies specialized in the field of teaching Arabic language to non-Arabic speakers, in order to train distinguished national of educational trainers and academic counselors in non-Arabic speaking countries;
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To provide technical and material support to specialized institutions in the Member States in the field of transcription of Muslim peoples' languages in the standardized Quranic script;
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To contribute to the development of Quranic schools curricula and teaching methods, and train their teachers;
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To develop Islamic education curricula, and to provide teachers in this field with training;
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To contribute to the development of curricula for teaching Arabic in non-Arabic speaking Member States, and to participate in the in-service training of Arabic language teachers;
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To provide scholarships for training trainers in Arabic-Islamic studies;
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To prepare education al materials and guidebooks for the teaching of Islamic education and Arabic language to non-Arabic speakers;
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To develop multi-level standardized tests of Arabic as a foreign language;
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To provide technical assistance to Member States for the preparation of national textbooks for the teaching of Islamic education and the Arabic language;
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To assign teachers specialized in Arabic-Islamic studies to universities and educational institutions in Member States and non-Member States ;
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To organize meetings, conferences and seminars for staff working in the field of Islamic studies in the Member States, in the immigrant communities and elsewhere.
It undertakes the following tasks:
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To devise strategies and policies aiming to develop education in Islamic countries;
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To develop curricula on education for all, literacy and adult education, upgrade teaching methods and train specialists in this field;
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To prepare basic books, follow-up publications and teaching materials on literacy and adult education;
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To provide scholarships for training trainers in the field of literacy and adult education ;
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To extend technical and material assistance to literacy and adult education centres in Member States;
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To encourage cooperation and exchange of expertise in the field of education for all and literacy among Member States, in Islamic communities and specialized organizations;
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To assist Islamic countries in their endeavours to eradicate illiteracy;
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To develop and support researches on literacy and adult education.
It discharges the following:
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To provide technical advice to Member States on the use of new education al techniques;
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To assist in developing education al aids to be used in the application of new innovations and techniques in educational action;
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To encourage cooperation and the exchange of experts among the centres of educational techniques, and provide technical advice;
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To conduct research, studies and statistics in the field of development, encouragement and support of education ;
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To coordinate cooperation between education al institutions and education al research centres in Islamic countries;
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To participate in the preparation of education al materials relating to the teaching of computer science in Member States;
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To encourage Member States to make use of computer education al applications;
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To provide technical assistance to Member States interested in introducing the computer in their schools.
It undertakes the following:
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To support national strategies and developmental plans of Member States in the fields of action related to environment education, health education, population health, sustainable development, international education ( citizenship and human rights) and special education (the disabled, the talented, students with outstanding achievement, refugees, migrants and rural population).
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To promote the roles of women, empower them, support participation of the youth and improve child conditions;
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To build national capacities within the educational system, train competencies in the development of curricula relating to the fields mentioned above, and improve teaching methods;
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To prepare studies, educational materials and guides in the fields of action cited above;
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To support the efforts of NGOs, civil society and non-formal education institutions in the said fields and qualify staff working in these institutions;
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To link the issues of education to the efforts of sustainable development;
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To take part in meetings and initiatives of Arab, Islamic and international organizations concerned with the said fields of action.
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To highlight the Islamic view about all the above-mentioned fields of action which sets the Islamic Organization apart from other Arab and international organizations within the framework of maintaining identity and opening up on others;
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To support the efforts of universities in solving the problems of society and contributing to comprehensive development;
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To collect information on modern trends in the area of basic and in-service training of teachers and administrative staff;
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To provide assistance in training teachers and administrative staff and improving their performance;
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To promote cooperation and exchange of expertise among Member States in the field of basic and in-service training of teachers and administrative staff;
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To provide the training and re-training of teachers and administrative staff working in the fields of education al management and planning, and provide scholarships.
It is in charge of the following:
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To encourage and promote university scientific research, and link it to economic and social development;
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To adapt higher education to the requirements of job market and sustainable development;
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To improve university educational curricula, and achieve quality in knowledge acquisition;
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To encourage creative and innovative university education, and renew its channels;
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To coordinate efforts to foster complimentarity between public and private higher education;
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To bring to motion the Islamic resources of funding and investment in higher education;
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To link university education to the crucial issues of the Islamic Ummah.
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To develop theoretical and practical methods to qualify and re-qualify faculty;
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To upgrade mechanisms for qualifying and training university leaderships;
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To develop strategic awareness of future studies in university programmes;
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To encourage cooperation among universities, higher institutes and scientific research centres in Member States and Islamic communities through the exchange of expertise, professors, students and researches;
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To ensure the equivalence of university and higher diplomas among Member States;
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To support the teaching of the languages of Muslim peoples in Member States' universities and higher institutes;
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To encourage the establishment of open Islamic universities in Member States and coordinate cooperation among them.
