Mrs. Asma al-Assad honors students who attained  first position  in  secondary certificate 

Damascus (ST): Mrs. Asmaa Al-Assad considered that holding a ceremony to honor the top students in high schools is a message to the community to devote excellence as a lofty value that requires concerted efforts, collaboration and cooperation.

Mrs. Asma al-Assad’s speech came during an honoring ceremony held by the Presidency of the Republic at the People’s Palace for the top students in the secondary certificate in its scientific, literary and professional branches for the year 2022.

Ms. Asmaa stressed that diversity in specializations increases the importance of excellence achieved by students under the conditions of war and siege because of the country’s need at this time for every mind that thinks, every hand that works, and every heart that beats with its love, stressing that the importance of excellence comes from passion, mastery, and a sense of responsibility.

During her conversation with outstanding students, Mrs. Asma referred to the university period as a new and important stage in the lives of students. The university, in addition to being a cultural and scientific edifice, is a national arena that brings together all spectrums of Syrian society in one place and gives them a unique opportunity to get to  know the country in all its aspects.

Ms. Asmaa underlined the high importance and value of the excellence that students achieved during the war against terrorism, distinguishing between excelling under normal conditions and achieving excellence under the siege and the terrible suffering that Syria has gone through, which enhances the students’ excellence today ,giving it an exceptional meaning whose measure exceeds the mark they obtained and the hours they studied .This is due to will, hard work and persistence that distinguish them from others.

Ms. Asmaa also mentioned that the success and excellence achieved by the students is a harvest of their hard work and for everyone who contributed to it, foremost among them the parents who raised, toiled and cultivated correct concepts and lofty values in their children, followed by the teaching staff, whom she described as soldiers who spend their lives silently and patiently in the battle of science and knowledge to offer our children, and thus the future of our country, the very best .

At the end of her speech, Mrs. Asma addressed the outstanding students by saying: You are the first in Syria. Each of you has a success story and a story of challenge full of lessons. Together with your parents and teachers, you are part of the story of a homeland that will remain stronger and will return better through our belief that the future is for science, for excellence, for work and for production.

During the ceremony, 44 male and female students were honored by Mrs. Asma al-Assad and awarded medals bearing the name of Syria, in the presence of the Minister of Education, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the President of the National Union of Syrian Students, as well as the parents of the top students in the general secondary school in all its branches for the year 2022 and the principals of the schools to which the students belong.

K.Q.