In how many countries of the world you find the head of the government visiting schools at the start of new academic year? A leader is like a father figure. We in UAE are lucky and fortunate that our leaders care & treat us like a father treats his children. Yesterday our Vice President & UAE Prime Minister visited some schools in the western region of UAE. Sheikh Mohammed indeed is an example for other arab & muslim leaders.
The full article can be found here.
Following his tour, Shaikh Mohammad said that he was pleased with the smooth onset of the new academic year in Delma schools, which cater to more than 2,000 students.
He referred to a recent resolution by the Cabinet, which grants school administrations the full power to directly spend amounts allocated for their respective schools without awaiting central approval, thus cutting bureaucracy.
Shaikh Mohammad ordered immediate upgrading of computer laboratories at Delma schools to enable students to cope with the modern technology 'or else we will miss the train.' He also instructed Dr Hanif Hassan, Minister of Education, to coordinate with the Dubai Education Council to enable all school principals to acquire the international computer operating licence.
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This man is a motivation for all of us ... great example to follow for all the rest of Arab leaders.
A leader is like a father figure.
You mean in the sense that children don't get to choose their fathers?
It is a nice picture. Important that he is seen to be encouraging young girls' education too (like Zayed did). There are still families here that don't support women's education.
thats awesome
We in UAE are lucky and fortunate that our leaders care & treat us like a father treats his children.
While I agree that this is a nice gesture and that he is an example for other Arab & Muslim leaders, are we that fortunate?
And dg,
Tim is pointing out to the fact that the people in UAE does not get to choose their leader like children dont get to 'choose' their father.
In simple words.
Not to take anything away from Sh. Mohammed, but other country's leaders do the same.
Who can forget the images of Bush in a Florida school on the morning of 9/11?
About every political leader in nearly every country in the world does the same thing. Looks cute, makes citizens happy, good PR, excellent photo op.
Well noted, Anonymous (at 10:23. Except for a few identifiable ones, almost all countries have leaders who are known to go out of the way to act as a brother, father, mother, or friend. This is what true leadership all about. Otherwise they wouldn't have been leaders of their people at all!
However, what's very different of Sheikh Mohammed is that in many cases he's known to take the extremely just decisions, at the right times, notwithstanding political repurcussions (if any!).
To Anonymous
You can fake a lot, but not the reaction of a child towards a tender gesture that comes from the heart.
You can act, you can lie and do a lot of things. But at the end the results are important.
If only 5% of world leaders gave to their countries half of what the leadership here does then perhaps a lot won't be here whining about how imperfect things are.
I am passionate about this because I'm tired of people complaining about how not to their liking things are over here nothing is perfect and one must keep trying to better it by being a part of the solution rather than simply complaining.
Well said dg - I hope positive changes do continue to come in the UAE.
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