Secretariat of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II for Social Welfare
The Good Teacher Meeting
(Educate Your Child Program)
Church of St. Mark the Martyr – Heliopolis
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

The Secretariat of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II – Educate Your Child Program

Under the supervision of Father Archpriest Bishoy Charl and Father Louka Maher

had the honor of inviting the churches participating in Educate Your Child Program from

Diocese of Shubra El-Kheima

Diocese of 6th of October

El-Salam and El-Herafeyeen Area

Madinet El-Amal Area

Fagala and El-Daher Area

Heliopolis Area

for a meeting with

Priests responsible for overseeing the program

Teachers leading the educational process

Supervisors in charge of the secretariat

Objective

• Strengthening connections, fostering communication, and exchanging experiences.
• Identifying challenges that some may face and working together to develop solutions.
• Reaching shared recommendations that contribute to the growth of the service.
• Enhancing the skills and abilities of our children.

Attendance

:We were honored by the presence of 8 priests

• Diocese of Shubra El-Kheima:
• Father Philopater Rateb
• Father Gawargy Rashid
• Diocese of 6th of October :
• Father Dawood Abdo
• Father Mata Youssef
• Madinet El-Amal Area:
  • Father Markos Gamiel
• El-Salam and El-Herafeyeen Area:
  • Father Antonios Edward
• Heliopolis Area:
• Father Bishoy Charl
•   Father Louka Maher

We were also honored by the presence of 65 teachers and supervisors

    Program Highlights

• The meeting began with the Evening Prayer
• Welcome speech – Father Bishoy Charl
• “The Good Teacher” speech – Father Louka Maher
• Story and Reflection
• Break and Hospitality
• “Learning Difficulties” Session – Mr. Medhat (Church of El-Salam)
• Open Q&A and Discussion
• Closing

Recommendations

• Collaboration with Social welfare servants to raise awareness among parents about the importance of education for their children, utilizing the support offered through the Educate Your Child Program such as tutoring sessions, church visits, meetings, and individual sessions.
• The church should consistently work on improving classrooms, tools, blackboards, and advanced electronic screens to match the quality of external centers.
• Implement modern methods for tracking attendance and departure. For example, Shubra El-Kheima Church uses a QR Code card system to allow parents to monitor their children’s attendance.
• Collaborate with well-known teachers in addition to the current staff to attract more students to attend church programs.
• Teach Christian religious curriculum through Sunday School classes once a month, with a final review at the end of each term.
• Organize trips to encourage students and strengthen relationships between students and teachers.
• Ensure a specialized teacher for foundational support for weak students, offering additional lessons once a week (Arabic, English, Math) for a nominal fee, with encouraging gifts.
• Encourage reading by providing books and setting up a library, motivating students to borrow and read.

“The God of heaven Himself will give us success; therefore, we His servants will arise and build.”
(Nehemiah 2:20)