The astronaut Hazza Al-Mansouri, stressed the need to keep abreast of developments in all areas, especially scientific, technical, and space, and therefore must be "concerned with the educational process, especially the Ministry of Education, to teach space for students, and decide on curricula that talk about the history of space And how other countries reached this stage of progress and development qualified them to reach space, and conduct scientific experiments on the International Space Station, after the establishment of a number of States in 1998.
He said that the UAE has made great achievements at all levels, and therefore needs to support the curriculum with topics that motivate students to study space, and research in science.
This came in response to a question to "Emirates Today", posed by the newspaper's editor, colleague Sami Al-Riyami, about the need for the State courses and curricula to support the program of the UAE astronauts.
Astronaut Hazza Al-Mansouri answers Emirates Today's question about the need for education to support courses in the Emirates Space Program #TamouhZaid #Emirates Today pic.twitter.com/q3CxpdK9rs
- UAE Today (@emaratalyoum) October 2, 2019Al-Mansouri added: "The availability of curricula dealing with space issues and topics, increase the desire and passion of students, and increase their culture about the universe and its components."
Al Mansouri pointed out that he was a graduate of a public school in Liwa in Al Dhafra region, pointing to the teachers working in his different stages of education from the first grade until his graduation, at the time they were highly qualified and he was able to learn a lot from them, thanking them for their efforts.