<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News &amp; Activities</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/news-en</link><description>News &amp; Activities</description><item><title>Maarif Education, represented by Manarat Al Madinah participates in Takaful Employment Forum</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-education-represented-by-manarat-al-madinah-participates-in-takaful-employment-forum</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Maarif Education, represented by Manarat Al Madinah participated for three days in &amp;nbsp;Takaful Employment Forum of the Takaful Charity Association for Orphan Care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The forum lasted for three days, during which a number of preliminary personal interviews were conducted for the beneficiaries of the association, and the CVs of nominees whose educational and administrative experiences matched with the requirements of Maarif Education for potential future vacancies were shortlisted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The general supervisor of Manarat Al Madinah, Mr. Thabet Al-Sharif, stated, "The aim of this participation is to provide support and job opportunities for orphans who are sponsored by the association and their mothers, and to contribute to achieving the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 in empowering the orphans and helping them achieve professional independence."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:14:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-education-represented-by-manarat-al-madinah-participates-in-takaful-employment-forum</guid></item><item><title>Maarif Education celebrates International Volunteer Day 2022</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-education-celebrates-international-volunteer-day-2022</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Maarif Education, represented by all its schools, started a series of campaigns and programs to celebrate International Volunteer Day 2022, under the theme "A Giving Nation". It aims to fulfil some of the community's needs, focusing on various voluntary activities in many fields that represent the social, environmental and humanitarian aspects in cooperation with government agencies and the non-profit sector.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;International Volunteer Day provides an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual volunteers to enhance their contributions to development at the local, national and international levels to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;It is worth mentioning that the celebration of International Volunteer Day enables students to engage in many volunteer experiences to serve the community, achieving the goals of modern community development and enhance the spirit of belonging to the country.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:51:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-education-celebrates-international-volunteer-day-2022</guid></item><item><title>Maarif Education and American University of Sharjah supporting gifted future generations</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-education-and-american-university-of-sharjah-supporting-gifted-future-generations</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Maarif Education signed a cooperation and partnership agreement with American University of Sharjah as part of its strategic priority to attract regional partnerships that bring added value to its students and human resources within its educational institutions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Accordingly, the CEO of Maarif Education stated that &amp;ldquo;this partnership aims to promote sustainable partnerships with Maarif Education schools to offer its teachers and students a wide range of events, activities, and programs, including workshops for teachers and training students for participation in both academic and sports competitions. The university will also oversee some of the schools&amp;rsquo; research and programs, and will grant students partial scholarships after being nominated by their schools. It will also sponsor a range of selected research, cultural, social and sports events that are organized by the school, as well as organize workshops for educational and ancillary staff. We are proud to mention that a number of Maarif Education graduates who are now in American University of Sharjah have been instrumental in this partnership.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;He emphasized that &amp;ldquo;American University of Sharjah is a beacon of learning in the region. Saudi Arabia is undergoing a tremendous transition and we are working hard to contribute to the realization of its Vision 2030. Education was a key area in the Kingdom&amp;rsquo;s transformation process, and we are looking forward to this partnership providing our students with the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to strengthening the national agenda of Saudi Arabia.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Regarding the importance of the agreement, the Chancellor of AUS said, &amp;ldquo;We believe in the responsibility of our two institutions to transfer knowledge and skills, and bring about societal change. As we celebrate 25 years of educational excellence at American University of Sharjah, we are pleased to see the partnership program expand throughout the region. The university has always been committed to supporting gifted future generations to realize their potential and we look to working with Maarif Education to achieve this goal.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The agreement was signed by the CEO of Maarif Education and the Chancellor of AUS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The meeting was attended by the Chief Education Officer of Maarif and a number of senior officials from both parties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:07:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-education-and-american-university-of-sharjah-supporting-gifted-future-generations</guid></item><item><title>In an optimistic environment with implementation of all precautionary measures, the attendance of primary and kindergarten students exceeded 95%</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/in-an-optimistic-environment-with-implementation-of-all-precautionary-measures-the-attendance-of-primary-and-kindergarten-students-exceeded-95</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The first week of physical attendance for students in the primary and kindergarten witnessed an excellent attendance rate in all Maarif Education schools and kindergartens represented by Al-Manarat Schools, Al-Faisaliah Islamic Schools, Noor Al-Islam, GEMS Saudi International in and Ajyal International in Dhahran, with a commitment to implement all health precautionary measures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The children's faces were full of optimism for the future, joy in meeting their classmates and teachers, and a passion for learning about the school atmosphere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Success Partners ... Parents have played a major role in the return to our schools, through their keenness to engage their children and attend school with them on a daily basis to raise their self-confidence and support their adherence to the precautionary measures for the safety of themselves, their friends and the community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Teachers, administrators and support staff in our primary schools and kindergartens provided full support to their students, contributing to welcoming them and motivating them to return to school and to normal life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Maarif Education stressed the importance of educating students and parents on the need to adhere to the application of precautionary measures, stressing that these measures will lead us to complete societal immunity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In addition, to continue implementing Educational Loss Remedial Programs for all stages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:35:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/in-an-optimistic-environment-with-implementation-of-all-precautionary-measures-the-attendance-of-primary-and-kindergarten-students-exceeded-95</guid></item><item><title>After a break of more than two years, Maarif Education Schools open its doors to receive kindergarten and primary students</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/after-a-break-of-more-than-two-years-maarif-education-schools-open-its-doors-to-receive-kindergarten-and-primary-students</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;After in-class education of students had been interrupted for more than two years due to Covid-19, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health announced the resumption of in-class education for students in the primary and kindergarten stages who are less than 12 years old in government, private, international, and foreign schools, while continuing online education through various platforms for students who are unable to attend due to health conditions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Maarif Education Schools, represented by Al-Manarat, Al-Faisaliah Islamic, Noor Al-Islam, Al-Rawabi Al-Khadra International, GEMS Saudi International, Ajyal Al-Alamiya schools, have taken all precautionary measures and implemented protocols for the safe attendance of kindergarten and primary students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The Health &amp;amp; Safety department at Maarif Education will follow up the educational process in its schools for the primary and kindergarten stages, according to the flexible operational models for return and adhere to the application of health protocols and procedures approved by the Public Health Authority "Weqaya".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Maarif Education emphasizes the importance of community partnership in supporting the continuation of the educational journey for students in-class, despite the Corona pandemic &amp;nbsp;and the need to reach societal immunity through our students, parents and teachers taking the third dose of the Corona vaccine, as well as getting tested after coming into contact with an infected person. Maarif Education confirmed the continuation of online education for students who have health conditions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The Health &amp;amp; Safety department at Maarif Education explained that our schools are within the Low and Medium levels, and all precautionary measures will be applied while adhering to what was stated in the operational plan of the Ministry of Education.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:04:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/after-a-break-of-more-than-two-years-maarif-education-schools-open-its-doors-to-receive-kindergarten-and-primary-students</guid></item><item><title>The primary stage is our greatest investment</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/the-primary-stage-is-our-greatest-investment</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Our primary schools have systematic plans to promote comprehensive growth; psychologically, physically and socially, and to develop social and emotional compatibility skills in addition to educational attainment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We are ready to accept registration of applicants for the primary stage for the academic year 2021/2022&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For More :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img width="900" height="1260" alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/Madinah-03.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img width="900" height="1259" alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/Madinah-04.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:25:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/the-primary-stage-is-our-greatest-investment</guid></item><item><title>Targeting a healthy physical status for the youth in our ambitious Country</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/targeting-a-healthy-physical-status-for-the-youth-in-our-ambitious-country</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We provide a health care program to reach a better level of health, education, culture and physical development; to protect our children from future diseases and build proper healthy habits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We are pleased to welcome you in a healthy and safe environment for the new academic year 1442 /2021&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;For more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img width="800" height="1120" alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/Targeting%20a%20healthy%20physical%20status-01.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img width="800" height="1119" alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/Targeting%20a%20healthy%20physical%20status-02.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:21:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/targeting-a-healthy-physical-status-for-the-youth-in-our-ambitious-country</guid></item><item><title>Maarif Talents Represent 11% in the Elite Forum</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-talents-represent-11-in-the-elite-forum</link><description>&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity "Mawhiba" and the Ministry of Education organize the "Elite Forum" to qualify and nominate the scientific teams participating in the international competitions of science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and informatics during the coming period from December 16th to 27th, 2020 AD.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;About 313 male and female students will participate in the Elite Forum which will be held online. Maarif students from Manarat Al-Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Al-Khobar and the Islamic Faisaliah represent 10.86% of the total participants in the Kingdom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The forum aims to nominate, train and qualify Saudi teams to participate in the international competitions, Olympiads and international scientific Olympiad, through giving various training doses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our participants will go through 60 distant training hours by a group of highly qualified experts and specialists for a period of 12 days; 5 hours per day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Maarif seeks to achieve a number of goals for the welfare of our students through partnership with Mawhiba Foundation to help them identify the new strategies of problem solving similar to questions from the international competitions, deal with scientific complex problems, develop performance in the qualifying tests, in addition to readiness to be present in the international competitions and forums.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:21:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-talents-represent-11-in-the-elite-forum</guid></item><item><title>Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, The CEO of MAARIF for Education and Training talking on Rotana Radio about our success story in E-learning</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dr-mohammad-al-arfaj-the-ceo-of-maarif-for-education-and-training-talking-on-rotana-radio-about-our-success-story-in-e-learning</link><description>&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;In a live radio interview on Rotana Radio "Weyyak program&amp;rdquo;, Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, The CEO of Maarif for Education and Training talking about MAARIF&amp;rsquo;s success story in E-learning, and the Fee-waiver initiative which was presented in appreciation to the students and parents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;First of all, Dr. Al-Arfaj appreciated the E-learning system that was launched by the Ministry of Education, and said &amp;ldquo;This reflects a strong nation that was able to build an advanced digital infrastructure&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;He said that Maarif for education&amp;rsquo;s schools had a great precedent in the field of E-learning, as it adopted a cooperation protocol with Microsoft to build a digital system that would serve nearly 30,000 students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;He emphasized that Maarif in 2012 decided to build a Maarif Learning Gateway (MLG) platform that serves all our students, their parents, teachers and leaders in the field.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Dr. Al-Arfaj declared that the Maarif Learning Gateway platform provides a comprehensive system of E-learning for every student, as it provides interactive educational lessons and various level tests, as well as a regular assignment system supervised by an educational team of teachers and leaders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Dr. Al-Arfaj added that the Maarif Learning Gateway platform for digital learning is supervised by a technical staff with a high level of interaction &amp;amp; responding to provide support at the highest level.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;He explained that the parent's satisfaction survey exceeded 93% compared to the last year, which gives us a sense of comfort and success to continue enhancing our educational services.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Dr. Al-Arfaj concluded with the Fee-Waiver Initiative which reached 100% provided by Maarif for education to its students &amp;amp; parents during the E-learning period in support of their efforts &amp;nbsp;in light of the Corona pandemic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe width="750" height="421" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yf-zNuA6heM" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:57:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dr-mohammad-al-arfaj-the-ceo-of-maarif-for-education-and-training-talking-on-rotana-radio-about-our-success-story-in-e-learning</guid></item><item><title>Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, CEO of Ma’arif for Education and Training</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dr-mohammad-al-arfaj-ceo-of-ma-arif-for-education-and-training-2</link><description>&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ajel.sa/Xb2tzH/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #740808;"&gt;Ajel.sa: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, CEO of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #263d8f;"&gt; How do you evaluate the current e-learning programme you are offering? How have parents and students responded? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our early planning and preparation for e-learning has paved the way for us to offer an advanced programme. It is based on live-streamed sessions where students can interact with the teacher throughout each lecture. Our parents are extremely pleased with our consistency in providing quality education and for not increasing the numbers of students in our online sessions. Through our e-learning programme we have set new benchmarks in the Kingdom with our organized schedule starting from day 1 according to the curriculum. &amp;nbsp;Within the very first week of the new academic year, we had over 23,000 live lectures delivered online to our students, highlighting the advanced and solid digital and technical infrastructure of the Group.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #263d8f;"&gt; How are students responding to the current teaching model? Are they comfortable and what are the steps in place to ensure they can continue to achieve good academic results? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our e-learning programme has been very well received by the parents and students. Our team promptly responded to queries and concerns raised by students and parents, showing the proven ability of the school to handle e-learning programmes smoothly. The efforts have led to a 93 per cent parent satisfaction rate, underlining the excellence of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif in providing remote learning sessions. Our school results for May/June 2020 Exam Series in IGCSE, AS and A Level are outstanding, and have exceeded the UK average and our great results in Qudrat and Tahsili have placed our students in top universities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #263d8f;"&gt; Can you give us a background of the fee discounts you are providing due to the current e-learning model?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;As a mark of appreciation by Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training for the committed efforts of parents in supporting the students in e-learning we announced a tuition fee waiver initiative to support parents in managing the challenges incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our tuition fee waiver initiative ranged from 10%-100% for students in Manarat Schools, Al Faisalia Islamic Schools, Green Hills International Schools and Nour Al Islam Schools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #263d8f;"&gt; What are the key tools you use to deliver e-learning? How do you compare it with other institutions/models globally? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Building on our successful online learning experience, we have continued to strive for excellence in our education provision. We have invested heavily in our online platform MLG (Ma&amp;rsquo;arif Learning Gateway) which has been proven as a great platform by our teachers and students. It has been integrated with Office 365 including Microsoft Teams to secure live streaming sessions. Several remote educational services have been added and the library has been uploaded with all the resources needed for asynchronous access. Our platform is designed to continue to deliver the curriculum as seamlessly as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #263d8f;"&gt; Do you see e-learning as an alternative to in-school learning? How can you further enhance e-learning standards? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;We will continue to invest in e-learning as per the requirements of the new reality, underpinned by our excellent results so far. We believe nothing beats the school-experience, and like our students and parents, we cannot wait to return to schools. However, we must not be discouraged by the situation and must do all we can to ensure quality learning for our students, and that is what we deliver today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:27:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dr-mohammad-al-arfaj-ceo-of-ma-arif-for-education-and-training-2</guid></item><item><title>Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, CEO of Ma’arif for Education and Training</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dr-mohammad-al-arfaj-ceo-of-ma-arif-for-education-and-training</link><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ba372a;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mubasher.news/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%8C-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B0%D9%8A/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #ba372a;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt;"&gt;Mubasher.news: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #236fa1;"&gt;Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, CEO of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #090734;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;What has been the experience of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif in conducting e-learning sessions in the new academic year? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training (Ma&amp;rsquo;arif) is one of the largest private school owners and operators in Saudi Arabia for National and International Curriculums. With God&amp;rsquo;s help, this new academic year we have raised the bar on e-learning delivery and set new benchmarks in the Kingdom with our organized schedule starting from day 1 according to the curriculum . Within the very first week, we have successfully completed more than 23,000 live lectures of e-learning sessions with our students interacting with our teachers. Lectures were delivered online to students, highlighting the advanced and solid digital and technical infrastructure of the Group.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #090734;"&gt;How have students and parents responded to the programme? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our e-learning programme has been widely successful and greatly received by parents and students. Our parents are extremely pleased with our consistency in providing quality education and for not increasing the numbers of students in our online sessions .The concerted efforts of our team have led to a 93 per cent parent satisfaction rate, underlining the excellence of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif in providing remote learning sessions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #090734;"&gt;What were the key concerns of parents and students, and how did you address them, including fee discounts? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;We have successfully addressed the concerns of the parents and students regarding the delivery of e-learning and how the future of learning would be. Our online platform MLG (Ma&amp;rsquo;arif Learning Gateway) has been integrated with Office 365 including Microsoft Teams to secure live streaming sessions. Several remote educational services have been added and the library has been uploaded with all the resources needed for asynchronous access. To alleviate stress, we announced a tuition fee waiver initiative to our families ranging from 10%-100% for students in Manarat Schools, Al Faisalia Islamic Schools, Green Hills International Schools and Nour Al Islam Schools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #090734;"&gt;What were the preparations you took in the run-up to the new academic year to organise e-learning? Did they include teacher training sessions? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Building on a successful online and interactive learning experience from last year, we carefully designed a plan that blends online and off-line lessons taking into consideration the screen-time students are exposed to during online learning. Our e-learning schedule includes synchronous and asynchronous learning. Most of our lessons are delivered in a synchronous manner where teachers from inside the classrooms, and students at home, &amp;nbsp;are interacting in real time. To ensure parents and students are ready for the new academic term we organised a detailed online orientation session including routines of the online learning and how they have been scheduled. We have also shared our e-learning policies and guidelines with our parents and students prior to the start of the academic year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #090734;"&gt;What were the key lessons you learnt during the last term, when you had to implement e-learning for the first time? Did this lead to new approaches? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Education is evolving at a faster pace than during any other period in recent history, and exponential technologies hold the key to the future of education Ma&amp;rsquo;arif continues to strive for excellence in its education provision. We introduced several remote educational services including technical support channels (MLG [Ma&amp;rsquo;arif Learning Gateway] tickets, E-Mail, WhatsApp groups, and phone call) which are there to support students during the e-learning sessions. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:12:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dr-mohammad-al-arfaj-ceo-of-ma-arif-for-education-and-training</guid></item><item><title>How to create enjoyable learning experiences in an online learning context</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/how-to-create-enjoyable-learning-experiences-in-an-online-learning-context</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dear learner Savor the joy of distance learning and discover the world's treasures of knowledge with passion and a clear mind and do not hesitate to ask for help from the teacher. He will be happy to communicate with you.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:12:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/how-to-create-enjoyable-learning-experiences-in-an-online-learning-context</guid></item><item><title>Ma’arif for Education and Training sets strong benchmark in successful delivery of e-learning in the Kingdom</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/ma-arif-for-education-and-training-sets-strong-benchmark-in-successful-delivery-of-e-learning-in-the-kingdom</link><description>&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training sets strong benchmark in successful delivery of e-learning in the Kingdom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp;Delivers over 23,000 live sessions in just one week &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;98% students attended the first week of e-learning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif e-learning platforms achieved 93% on &amp;lsquo;parents satisfaction index&amp;rsquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif is offering an extensive fee waiver programme initiative for families, with no fees payable for KG students during the online period&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; September 9, 2020:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training (Ma&amp;rsquo;arif), one of the largest private school owners and operators in Saudi Arabia, has raised the bar on e-learning delivery and set new benchmarks in the Kingdom within the very first week of the new academic year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Highlighting the competency of the leading education group in providing tech-driven quality education and its confidence in addressing the current challenges, Ma&amp;rsquo;arif completed more than 23,000 lectures of e-learning sessions in the first week alone. The successful delivery of e-learning, appreciated by parents and students alike, adds to the Group&amp;rsquo;s focus on providing quality education through remote sessions in the coming days and ensuring that students gain utmost advantage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Setting an impressive track-record, more than 98 per cent student attendance was secured by Ma&amp;rsquo;arif schools in the first week. Lectures were delivered online to students, highlighting the strong digital and technical infrastructure of the Group. Ensuring seamless education delivery, 9,400 technical support cases were addressed efficiently by the team. They promptly responded to queries and concerns raised by students and parents, showing the proven ability of the school to handle e-learning programmes smoothly. The concerted efforts also led to a 93 per cent parent satisfaction rate, underlining the excellence of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif in providing remote learning sessions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The successful delivery of online learning further adds to the commitment of the Group to supporting parents and students. Recently, Ma&amp;rsquo;arif had announced tuition waivers from 10 to 100 per cent for students across its network, covering the Manarat Schools, Al Faisalia Islamic Schools, Green Hills International Schools and Nour Al Islam Schools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;While kindergarten students can avail of 100 per cent tuition fee waiver, students in Grade 1 get 50 per cent fee discount. Grade 2 and 3 students get 25 per cent discount while those in Grade 4 to 6 benefit from 15 per cent fee reduction. There is blanket 10 per cent fee discount for all students from Grade 7 and above.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Mohammad Al-Arfaj, CEO of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training, said:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &amp;ldquo;We are proud and honoured by the success we have achieved in ensuring the smooth digital offering of education for our students. This is the result of continued efforts over the past months, as we invested significantly in our IT infrastructure, and prepared our teachers &amp;ndash; as well as students and parents &amp;ndash; for the new academic year. We see challenges as opportunities and acted fast to ensure quality education for our students, our future generation.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;He added: &amp;ldquo;We have planned our schedules and timetables to resemble a normal school day as much as possible and developed a dynamic assessment process that allows us to measure engagement and educational outcome, not simply attendance. From day one, our students have started receiving the same academic and education provision they would have received in a typical schooling day through our programme that blends online and offline lessons. Moreover, we used the week prior to day one for induction and ran multiple test sessions to ensure our student and parents are ready.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif has introduced several remote educational services including technical support channels (MLG [Ma&amp;rsquo;arif Learning Gateway] tickets, E-Mail, WhatsApp groups, and phone call) which are there to support students during the e-learning sessions. The school&amp;rsquo;s online platform MLG has also been integrated with Office 365 including Microsoft Teams to secure live streaming sessions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif International Schools have earned an excellent reputation in Saudi Arabia, over the years, for their outstanding performance in Cambridge International Examinations. Results for May/June 2020 Exam Series in IGCSE, AS and A Level are outstanding, and have exceeded the UK average.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The percentage of A*, A and B marks once again proves the quality of education provision offered at Ma&amp;rsquo;arif schools. The continued upward trend in attainment for the last three years&amp;rsquo; results (May/June 2018 to May/June 2020) is a clear indication to the commitment and motivation of the students, parents and teachers. Such results have enabled Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for continuous overall development and ensured all the students are well supported in order to achieve their full potential.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;For queries regarding admission write to: &lt;a href="mailto:info@maarif.com.sa"&gt;info@maarif.com.sa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;-ENDS-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Note to Editors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif for Education and Training (Ma&amp;rsquo;arif) is one of the largest private school owners and operators in Saudi Arabia with a heritage of over 48 years of proven experience in education and training. The schools under the Group include, Manarat Schools, Al Faisalia Islamic Schools, Green Hills International Schools and Nour Al Islam Schools, with a total student strength of over 22,000 and over 2,800 teachers and non-teaching staff.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;With its outstanding reputation of offering education and training that meet the aspirations of the community, Ma&amp;rsquo;arif focuses on driving the all-round excellence of students. In addition to proving their mettle at national and international programmes, students of Ma&amp;rsquo;arif have secured scholarships from the best universities in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Ma&amp;rsquo;arif schools offer diverse educational streams and conducts a wide range of activities to support the holistic development of students including information technology training and centres for developing life skills as well as a focus on English language skills and programmes for children with learning difficulties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;In 2019, Ma&amp;rsquo;arif Education Group was acquired by GEMS Education, following the formation of a joint venture with Hassana Investment Company, the investment arm of Saudi Arabia&amp;rsquo;s General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI), to enhance and grow the education sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:11:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/ma-arif-for-education-and-training-sets-strong-benchmark-in-successful-delivery-of-e-learning-in-the-kingdom</guid></item><item><title>Dear Parents, Students and the Manarat Al Madinah International Schools Community.</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dear-parents-students-and-the-manarat-al-madinah-international-schools-community</link><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;We would like to thank you for being an active and loyal partner to our school, which has resulted in outstanding academic results for our students and their positive social and personal development., Manarat Al Madinah International Schools hope that we continue this journey, together, with the same spirit and momentum. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our schools have recently finalized a fee-waiver initiative that will not only support parents in managing the challenges incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic but also marks an appreciation for the commitment of our parents in supporting the students in e-learning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Manarat Al Madinah International Schools have decided to apply the below fee-waiver initiative. The following percentages will be waived from the normal applicable fees during the E-learning period for the first academic term of the upcoming academic year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o KG: 100%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o G1: 50%&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o G2-G3: 25% &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o G4-G6: 15% &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o G7 and above: 10%&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o The parent is entitled to benefit from the initiative when completing the academic year. In case of withdrawal from the school before the end of the 2nd academic term, the full tuition amount will be due.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o All outstanding fees from the previous academic year must be settled and 25% of the current full-year tuition fees must be paid before the start of the academic year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;o If the online learning period is extended (based on MOE instructions), the fee-waiver initiative will be only be applied to the first academic term.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Our team is available online and in-school to respond to all your queries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Please complete your registration and your payment by August 27th&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Manarat Al Madinah International Schools , will upload and communicate the E-Learning plan on our MLG in due time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Be careful! Be Happy! Stay Safe!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3598db;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.maarif.com.sa/madinahinternational/contact-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #3598db; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;For any inquiries, please call us&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 07:57:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/dear-parents-students-and-the-manarat-al-madinah-international-schools-community</guid></item><item><title>Maarif for Education: opens schools for visitors after implementing strict precautionary measures against covid-19 </title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-for-education-we-confirm-our-readiness-to-receive-all-in-our-schools-according-to-precautionary-measures-against-covid-19-pandemic</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Maarif for Education ensured that schools including Manarat Schools, Al Faisaliah Islamic Schools, Noor Al Islam Schools and Green Hills International Schools, have taken the precautionary measures and are ready to open doors to receive prospective parents and school visitors in a safe environment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Dr. Mohamed Al -Arfaj, the Executive Director of Maarif for Education &amp;amp; Training, said: &amp;ldquo;All school staff members will stringently follow all COVID-19 related health and safety regulations and instructions set by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. And we are happy to open our schools to welcome visitors starting from 7 June 2020.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Services provided include transactions, admissions as well as registrations for the upcoming academic year 1440/1441 H-2020/2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The schools have launched the disinfection program right after the statement issued by His Excellency the Minister of Health, Tawfiq Al-Rabiah on television on 25&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;May 2020 indicating that the country has developed scenarios for the gradual return to normalcy starting from 28 May 2020&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2020 08:35:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/maarif-for-education-we-confirm-our-readiness-to-receive-all-in-our-schools-according-to-precautionary-measures-against-covid-19-pandemic</guid></item><item><title>Students' Art Creativity</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/students-art-creativity</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Enriching artistic activities and searching for talented students, the Art teacher, Mr. Ayman Badawi, has launched a drawing and coloring copmetition for MMIS fourth graders. The activity received acceptance, interaction and distinguished participation from almost all students, who were really excited about it.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:47:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/students-art-creativity</guid></item><item><title>Extempore Speech Competition </title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/extempore-speech-competition</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;An extempore speech competition was held in Manarat Al-Madinah International School (Girls Section) on 2nd February, 2020 (for grades 4, 5, and 6), and on 3rd February, 2020 (for grades 7, 8, 9, and 10). The main objective of this co-curricular activity was to boost the English speaking skills and confidence of the students. The topics were given to the students on the spot and they were given only 5 minutes to brainstorm about it. Every girl had to speak for 2 minutes. The event was exciting and helped the girls improve their skills and knowledge in a fun and interesting way. Alhamdolillah. Winners and runners-up were chosen from each grade based on the scores given by four teachers acting as judges.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/خ.jpg" width="650" height="866" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:43:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/extempore-speech-competition</guid></item><item><title>Activate the traffic safety day </title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/activate-the-traffic-safety-day</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Knowing the importance of implanting traffic safety concepts and principles in our students, MMIS Girls section led by the Safety and Security Coordinator: Ms. Amani Fahd&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;under the supervision of the educational leader: Ms. Sarah Noor has held A Traffic Safety Program, the program included publications, guidance boards and awareness activities on Traffic safety in addition to a guide word presented by Ms. Asmaa Muhammad on the importance of traffic safety and the importance of adherence to traffic laws and etiquette.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/السلامة%20المرورية%201.jpg" width="650" height="866" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/السلامة%20المرورية%203.jpg" width="650" height="866" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 05:16:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/activate-the-traffic-safety-day</guid></item><item><title>Honoring Teachers </title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/honoring-teachers</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On Thursday morning, 10/20/2020, and in appreciation of the unparalleled accomplishments&amp;nbsp; presented by the department&amp;rsquo;s female employees, and in an image that reflects the highness of the leader&amp;rsquo;s spirit and its appreciation of the effort exerted, the educational leader of &amp;nbsp;Manarat Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Schools, International Division Ms. Sarah Nour, honored the school&amp;rsquo;s teachers and Administration ) She also gave a word of thanks and gratitude in which she commended the tremendous efforts they make throughout the school year in order to achieve the school&amp;rsquo;s vision and bring the educational process in the school to the top.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/Media/MadinahInternational/news/iiiiii.jpg" width="650" height="866" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:18:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/honoring-teachers</guid></item><item><title>Traffic Safety</title><link>https://portal.maarif.sa:443/madinahinternational/traffic-safety</link><description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Within the community partnership programs between Manarat Al-Madinah Schools, the International Department for Girls and the Traffic Department of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Region, due to the importance of traffic safety,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Traffic Department in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Region held an awareness campaign entitled (commitment and safety) in the international department Girls section led by Ms.Sarah Nour and Safety and Security Coordinator Ms. Amani Fahd, The campaign aims to enhance traffic awareness by the start of the second semester, the campaign targets all segments of society and many awareness publications have been distributed. MMIS Girls Section is thankful to the Madinah traffic department administrators for this cooperation.&lt;/p&gt;
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