IJELP alumnus became a president of five schools in Lebanon

2008-07-12 11:04:31
IJELP, Summer 2008

On the turn of June and July 2008, Marek Cieślik SJ (in the photo) visited Gdynia. This year he is taking up the position of the headmaster of five schools in the Beka Valley (around 30 km from the capital city of Liban) as well as he will be having lectures in the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut. It is our honor that one of the graduates of our 2-years' preparation course for future headmasters will be in charge of such a responsible assignment and what is more in a place where so few wants to go. Around 200 people has finished our IJELP course so far. They represent such countries like Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Italy, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Malta, Croatia and Albania. Most of them is working on a managerial positions in education and is in charge of educational projects in the non-governmental organizations. The second session of another edition of the program has started this month in Warsaw-Falenica. Among the trainers there are representatives of Lithuania, USA, Netherlands and Poland. When the 20-days session is finished, we will start the recruitment for the next 2009/2010 edition. We accept applications only through the agency of the Jesuit delegates for education. The applications can be directly send for the Arrupe Center adress from the north and central Polnd as well as from Belarus and Ukraine.

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