Dubai Customs receives 50 children from “Al Khaloud Nursery”
50 children from Al Khaloud Nursery at Karama District in Dubai whose ages ranging between 5 and 6 years visited on 9th February 2009 Dubai Customs where they have learned about some customs business processes and practices that fit their age.
Accompanied by Mohammed Al Mari, the Executive Director of Customs Cargo Operations Division, the children viewed the Operations Room existing devices and TV monitors.
Dubai Customs organized for the children accompanied by their teachers a site visit to Ras Al Khor Customs where they viewed a number of vessels of their different kinds and size and recognized the anchorage process, loading and unloading of goods and types of such goods.
The visit comes within the framework of Dubai Customs concern with supporting educational projects at schools for promoting the educational process and developing students` academic perceptions and circles of knowledge as part of its social responsibility and consistent communication with all society categories and institutions; mainly the educational institution.
The children were delighted while viewing the employees at their workplace and watching the vessels, which they read about in their schooling curriculum.
They were happy as well with the meal given to them considering the visit as an entertaining trip during which they have been embraced by customs inspectors’ felicity.
“Dubai Customs receives throughout the year delegations from schools and universities whether in the form of scientific or training visits for the benefit of their academic projects within the context of the continuous cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research and keenness on providing support and help to schools, institutions and universities students being the statesmen of the future,” Al Mari said.
Ms. Ayesha Hassan, Manager of Al Khaloud Nursery, an affiliate of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority said that, “the Nursery is keen to organize academic and site visits for its children to workplaces, which their activities relate to the curriculum and for the purposes of entertaining them and mentally consolidating the information through viewing objects relating to such curriculum physically. The KG 2 children have a lesson addressing means of transportation including vessels as a maritime means of transport. We have selected Dubai Customs to organize this visit for the children based on its renowned local and international image in the industry”.
Ms. Hassan added that “the curriculum of KG 2 children includes 16 scientific units. We are committed to organize one external visit for each unit to mentally consolidate the scientific facts and physically viewing them. Such views shall remain engraved in their minds and retrieved for a long period of time after returning from this visit and telling them to their parents. The door is now open to all mothers to accompany their children in such visits if they wish so”.
