Al-Marsad Newspaper: The writer, Aqel Al-Aql, commented on the introduction of music into the general education curricula within two years, starting from kindergarten to the rest of the grades in the school stages.
beauty and music
Al-Aql said, in his article “Beauty and Music in the Classrooms”, published in the newspaper, “Okaz”: “In a long-awaited statement, Professor Sultan Al-Bazai, the Chief Executive Officer of the Music Authority, confirmed that work is going on as planned to introduce music into the public education curricula within two years, starting from Kindergarten and to the rest of the classes in the school stages, and it will be attended by students.”
thought and production
He pointed out: “This is what we need as an alternative discourse to discourses that dominated society for decades that led it to obscurantism and hostility to joy and life itself. From the anti-religious heresies, as they claim, we remember the concerts of breaking musical instruments in organized barbaric attacks from the dark currents in the period of affliction and not the awakening, as they claim.
Cost The Worker the alien
He continued: “Imagine our schools in the coming years, there are theatrical and musical arts and the teaching of philosophy. This is the environment that attracts people to learn and know, not to memorize and fill with information that has nothing to do with the era. The scenes of school books are torn and thrown in the streets, especially those near schools, at the beginning of school holidays. It was the biggest testimony that what It was within the walls of the schools that it was done by indoctrination and the goal was to preserve and succeed at the theoretical levels. In reality, the students were expressing their rejection of these curricula in several ways. The result, unfortunately, was the accumulation of thousands of graduates without jobs or employment for them in government sectors without the need for any disguised unemployment as it was called, the sector The private was simplified from that situation, as there are no laws forcing him to employ citizens, and he recruits foreigners in simple jobs, and the reason is the issue of the cost of the foreign worker.”
the key magical
He added: “Back to openness in education, it is, in my opinion, the magic key to development in our country. Investing in the human element through modern education is what will impose Saudi and Saudi Arabia on the labor market. How many school bands will compete among themselves in melody and playing national anthems or international musical pieces? It raises the musical taste and taste in the homeland, the vision focused on the issue of culture and entertainment on which people spend a not simple part, and then it is considered a contribution to the national economy, the Kingdom, which is without an artistic environment of musical institutes, theaters and cinema, has an overwhelming presence on the Gulf and Arab singing scene, so imagine the situation The Kingdom is technically with this establishment of the arts and enlightenment project in our country without equivocation and clearly, the beautiful thing is that the official institutions are the ones who play this enlightening role for our country.There is no doubt that the remnants of closed-mindedness will be active against these beautiful national humanitarian projects and will repeat about the priorities, but I believe that the arts In its many forms, it has been a human need since the beginning of humanity, for the poor and the rich are made to love music and dance, for example, since they were in the field or on a digital stage in a modern city.”
the change and renewal
He continued: “I conclude with a response that spread on social media to the statement of the head of the Music Authority, Professor Sultan Al-Bazai. The response says in a sarcastic language: “Imagine calling the school principal telling you that your son did not attend the lute.” Such responses and speech betray ignorance of the role of music in life. In general, and its role in various creative fields and economic advantages for countries, and such people come in wooden and ignorant language against the change and renewal that we are experiencing in our country in these years.”