Centre for Community Service & Continuing Education
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  • Community Service
  • Continuing Education
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The Center for Community Service and Continuing Education is the link between the university and society in all its cultural, educational and social environments. The Center is keen to contribute to the promotion, development, and empowerment of the community and its institutions through the provision of programs and training courses and high-quality community services and services. At the beginning of each year, the Center offers a plan for continuing education programs that includes a number of programs and general training courses in the administrative, educational, scientific, engineering, social, legal and health fields and another plan for activities, events and community services implemented by the Center in coordination with the various university units. The Center also organizes a number of courses and contractual programs based on the needs and requirements of the community. In the community service center and continuing education, we seek to monitor the needs of the community and to examine its needs. We look forward to expanding the activities and services of the Center and diversity in initiatives aimed at promoting the community and spreading the culture and awareness among its members. The Center looks forward to receiving your suggestions, ideas, and ideas to improve the quality of the programs and services provided. We are happy to communicate with you through the various means of communication described in the website.


Community service is a continuous dynamic process aimed at helping members of the community to know their needs and knowledge of their problems and push them to work together and depend on themselves to satisfy their needs and solve their problems according to realistic plans to reach a better and better in the social, cultural and economic aspects. It is also the process of contributing to the change of society that leads to the improvement of living conditions. The people themselves are the basis of the process. The service of the community is human work, through which assistance, care, and support are provided to others according to their needs in different fields. The service of the community is an advanced manifestation of belonging to the community and the homeland, through which our humanity is realized and our tenderness deepens and is established in word and deed at the level of social solidarity and solidarity, in order to alleviate the suffering and deviations and distortions in society. This service is based on experiences gained from knowledge, attitudes, and skills that help to better understand and contribute to the human relations and the problems facing the contemporary world, due to their negative effects on the individual and the people. Society, and such problems as but not limited to poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, delinquency, drugs, environmental problems and health problems such as illness, disability and others. The Center seeks to strengthen the University's relationship with society and contribute to its advancement from various aspects as well as contribute to the human development of its members by providing educational and training programs as well as continuing education programs. The Center also seeks to spread the knowledge of scientific and technical awareness through various methods, as well as the activities of the Center seeks to provide multiple services in line with international quality standards to serve the community in various fields to contribute to the achievement of growth and progress. There are patterns of community service, such as paid service and unpaid service, both of which are provided by the Community Service and Continuing Education Cente

Vision

The Center of Community Service and Continuing Education at Sultan Qaboos University aspires to be an outstanding pioneer in providing social and training services to all society classes.

Mission

Providing good education and competitive community services to the broad class of Omani society and ensuring that the university has a central role in Omani economic promotion and meets the needs of the community.

Objectives

  •  Strengthening the link between the university and society by carrying out mutual programs that will support the university to achieve its objectives and to carry out its scientific and research mission to the community to the fullest extent possible to serve and develop the community.
  • Contributing to spreading culture, knowledge and scientific and technical awareness for different sectors and classes in society through the establishment of various training courses and programs in coordination with the competent authorities at the university.  
  • Participating in the preparation and follow-up of studies and research in various fields of knowledge, particularly those related to the study of community issues and achieving their results for individuals and concerned institutions through the means available to the center.

Values

  • Quality of services
  • Transparency
  •  Innovation
  • Societal responsibility 

The community service department participates in the establishment and implementation of programs and social activities, as well as organizing lectures, seminars, and conferences, in addition to participating in the preparation of studies and research achieved to the mission of the university and its objectives towards society. The main objectives and responsibilities of the department can be summarized in the following points: Consolidate the university's relationship with society by identifying its different needs and seeking to achieve them by the available means. To promote scientific, health and environmental awareness among the members of the community through the establishment of seminars, seminars, awareness-raising seminars and training workshops in coordination with specialists in the various faculties and centers of the university. Preparing and following up studies in various fields of knowledge, especially those related to the study of community issues and communicating their results to the relevant individuals and institutions of society through the means available to the Center. To help the community to benefit from the services and facilities provided by the University's various facilities to the community.

The community service department participates in the establishment and implementation of programs and societal activities besides organizing lectures, seminars, and conferences, in addition to participating in the preparation of studies and researches achieving the mission of the university and its objectives towards society.

The main objectives and responsibilities of the department can be summarized in the following points:

  • Consolidating the University's relationship with society by identifying its different needs and seeking to achieve them by its available means.
  • Promoting the dissemination of scientific, health and environmental awareness among the members of the society through the establishment of seminars, lectures, and training workshops in coordination with specialists in the various faculties and centers of the university.
  • Preparation and follow-up of studies in various areas of knowledge, especially those related to the study of community issues and sending their results to the concerned institutions and members by the available means.
  • Helping the classes of the community benefit from the services and facilities provided by the different utilities of the university to the community.  

Sultan Qaboos University
P.O.Box 108, PC 123, Al-Khoudh, Oman
Tel: 00968-24141917
Fax: 00968-24414243
E-mail: ccs@squ.edu.om

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