CRDP Acting President, Mr. George Nohra, visited the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel Aoun, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda. Mr. Nohra briefed General Aoun on the tasks that CRDP is carrying out at this critical period that the country is going through, as well as the implications of the spread of Corona virus on the educational system.
General Aoun was informed on the administrative and everyday life demands of CRDP employees and staff, and their expectations that he would thoughtfully support a springboard for a solution.
During the meeting, Mr. Nohra expressed his pride and honor to encounter  the President,  conveying greetings and  appreciation from CRDP employees, and  assuring President Aoun that  “ the employees belong  to his school of thought -the school of morals, heroism and  vigor – which  they will never abandon  as it is the salvation for Lebanon” . Mr. Nohra pointed out that “the past records of the educators and workers across the years is a witness of their achievements in the institution whereby they serve the country."
Mr.Nohra displayed to President Aoun "CRDP’s achievements during the period of one and a half months starting from the day he was assigned as CRDP President. Besides, Mr. Nohra informed President Aoun of the current and future projects, in addition to presenting to him a number of the rightful demands of CRDP's staff.”
Mr. Nohra also listed the   team’s achievements at CRDP. The  most notable ones are: “ finalizing reducing the curriculum, the  core topics  and objectives, CRDP ebooks,  and completing  a  remote learning  training plan for teachers ; a plan whose implementation will start from Monday, 26/10/2020.
In the context of coordination between CRDP and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), this has resulted in: beginning remote training starting from today, launching the training management system (TMS) soon, and networking MEHE’s platform with CRDP’s platform shortly.
Regarding the current activities,  Mr. Nohra informed President Aoun  that they are as follows : " aligning free digital resources with the contents  of various subject matters  across the different  stages and cycles of education, developing digital resources for the contents  of various subject matters  - from Grade One  to Grade Six of Basic Education,   and  reconsidering the competencies in various subject matters ." 
Mr. Nohra further explained the plans for the next stage. They include: "a preliminary roadmap for curricula development - along with its requirements and the initiation of its implementation, adding a subject matter that focuses on ethics and another which focusses on teaching thinking, accomplishing the subject matter of history, and establishing a unit for developing digital resources."
As far as the demands of CRDP employees are concerned, Mr. Nohra expressed to President Aoun  a wish  " to attend to  the requests  of CRDP employees by supporting the following files: the  series of ranks and salaries that they have not received until today, the decree of temporary  employees at CRDP, and the  retirement law of CRDP’s staff."