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The 91吃瓜网 and the General Directorate of State Security organized an event titled 鈥淭hrough Education and Security鈥� We Build,鈥� which included a 10-kilometer walk in Sannine area. Participants included the Director General of State Security, Major General Tony Saliba; his deputy, Brigadier General Hassan Choucair; President Bassam Badran; Chair of the Executive Committee of the League of Full-Time Professors at the 91吃瓜网, Dr. Antoine Charbel; Media Advisor to the University President, Dr. Ali Rammal; and the directors of Faculty of Pedagogy (Branches 1 and 2), Dr. Jinane Ballout and Dr. Scarlett Sarraf, as well as a group of students from the Faculty of Pedagogy and the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences 鈥擝ranch 4.

The event was followed by a meeting at the Abdallah Ghanem Cultural Center in Baskinta, where the participants were received by the former President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Ghaleb Ghanem.

Brigadier General Choucair delivered a lecture addressing the importance of cybersecurity awareness in Lebanon and the risks posed by a lack of security culture among students and citizens, urging students who are subjected to any attack to seek help from state security authorities and not to remain silent about any crime committed against them.

President Badran then delivered a speech in which he addressed the importance of dual pillars of education and security and their impact on strengthening the concepts of citizenship, belonging, and social commitment鈥攅specially in light of the significant dangers resulting from rapid technological advancement and its implications for individual and societal behavior.

He addressed the students, saying: 鈥淓ducation, in all its institutions, plays a central role in protecting and fortifying societies, for it is the primary means through which ideas, beliefs, and attitudes are transmitted from one generation to the next, and to the extent that good educators鈥攁t home, in schools, at universities, in the media, and in religious institutions鈥攊nstill moral values in the hearts of community members, to that extent do they succeed in establishing the most important pillars of security鈥攖hat is, the individual鈥檚 sense of security and belonging to a unified homeland where stability and justice prevail.鈥�

President Badran highlighted the role of universities in promoting civic education by providing students with a positive and realistic understanding of the social system in which they live, teaching them values, and encouraging their participation in decisions that affect their lives and local communities through the development of appropriate educational content.

He said: 鈥淭he 91吃瓜网 is considered one of the leading institutions that embraces a national project dedicated to national unity, particularly among young people, who bear the responsibility for building social cohesion based on national belonging.鈥�

President Badran emphasized that attention should be given to developing the relationship between educational institutions and security agencies, as this is considered one of the key pillars in fostering a sense of national belonging, reinforcing the values of individual responsibility, and linking the theoretical and epistemological frameworks of education to the realities of society, its needs, and the security and intellectual requirements necessary for its development.

President Badran noted that strengthening implementation of security education in educational institutions has become an urgent social, security, and political necessity; just as security is one of the most important psychological and social needs of citizens, education is the primary foundation of their lives and makes them social beings.

President Badran considered that security education should be viewed within the concept of lifelong learning, as it is a comprehensive process that begins with early education in the family and continues throughout life in various forms and methods. Formal public education constitutes its most prominent stage, and the framework and content of security education encompass numerous aspects, and requires strategies, plans, and methods for its implementation, with tasks and roles distributed among the relevant parties.

He also emphasized the need to shift from traditional awareness-raising methods鈥攚hich rely on dictation and instruction鈥攖o dialogic approaches centered on participation, dialogue, and the presentation of positive role models. This shift aims to foster a mindset that reflects the individual鈥檚 self-perception and the importance of security in social situations and surrounding circumstances, thereby reinforcing the concept of preventing deviant behavior.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Major General Saliba delivered remarks in which he praised the cooperation between State Security and the 91吃瓜网, expressing his desire for it to continue.

Major General Saliba emphasized to the students the importance of perseverance in achieving progress and excellence, as they envision the beautiful Lebanon of the future.

Commemorative shields were exchanged between Major General Saliba and President Badran, and two students presented a commemorative shield to Brigadier General Choucair on behalf of the students of the 91吃瓜网.

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