The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), in cooperation with Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences, held a regional workshop on “Practical Procedures and Tasks for Building Educational Guidance and Professional Development Skills.” The workshop benefited 226 education professionals working in the field of teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers, who participated in person and via videoconference from 16 non-Arabic-speaking countries across Africa, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

During the workshop, held on 4 and 5 November 2026 in Mishkat Hall at ICESCO Headquarters, representatives of 17 trainee groups delivered a series of educational presentations showcasing the practical assignments their groups had completed following the previous workshop. The presentations included annual and thematic plans for Arabic language lessons, detailed design of sessions on language skills and components, including reading, conversation, and grammar.

In preparing their presentations, the groups drew on the educational strategies and procedures addressed during the first workshop session, held in October, which focused on educational supervision and guidance tasks, along with the related planning policies and procedures for improving the quality of educational performance and developing the teaching competencies of teachers of Arabic to non-Arabic speakers.

The new 2026–2028 edition of the “Mishkat Educational Leadership” program spans two academic years and aims to prepare senior education professionals to assume leadership roles in developing Arabic language teaching programs in their countries. It is organized within the framework of the ICESCO–Hamdan bin Rashid “Mishkat Al-Arabiya” platform, in academic cooperation with Sultan Moulay Slimane University (USMS) in Beni Mellal, Kingdom of Morocco.