Outstanding students at basic education certificate: Meeting with Mrs. Asma al- Assad is motivation for more success

Damascus, ( ST) – About 60 outstanding students from different Syrian governorates who have excelled in the Basic Education Certificate for the year 2020 through attaining full marks were honoured in a meeting  with Mrs. Asma al-Assad. The meeting  encouraged  them and gave them an incentive to press ahead with their success and contribute to building their homeland, Syria.

In statements they made following the meeting, a number of honored students affirmed that the meeting was a great incentive to achieve more success in their future study.

Student Carla Antonios al-Dawood from al-Ma’ounah School in Damascus said that the meeting was special as Mrs. Asma Al-Assad received them under these difficult health conditions created by the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic,  adding:  “I had a good feeling that will remain with me when I saw her. This meeting left a deep impact on myself and encouraged me to continue my hard work  to raise the name of Syria high at international arenas.

Student Shaza Ahmad from the Martyr Wassim Jamous School in Damascus said: “We have been dreaming of this meeting since the beginning of the school year. It was a motivation for us  to press ahead  with success. We are honored to meet the First Lady who encouraged us to continue studying to achieve our objectives, adding   that we felt the keenness of Mrs. Asma to support education and creativity to promote the progress of the homeland and heal its wounds following all the plagues of war and terrorism Syria  has suffered from during the past nine years.

Maria Ahmad al-Wanous, from Damascus countryside said  that the First Lady concentrated on the role of both the school and the parents who offer support to students on the path of excellence and success which  must be continued at the same level to achieve more excellence in the high school certificate.

Student Seif Mohammad Zahir al-Yousefi from Aleppo considered the advice of the First Lady as a methodology for  learning  and work.  He said “She told us that continuing this excellence  must be in all fields to achieve the homeland’s comprehensive development .”

Samar Dayoub, from Homs city, expressed  happiness over  meeting Mrs. Asma al-Assad, saying: “Any person who finds someone  honoring him for this excellence will be more motivated to press ahead with his success. We will work hard and come back and meet her after three years.”

Student Maya Abbas, from Tartous city, described the meeting with the First Lady as a big dream that she had always dreamt of for  years when she used to watch Mrs. Asma al-Assad honoring outstanding students every year.

K.Q.