in the light of the contributions of the College of Education at Assiut University in the societal part, the College participated in the events of the comprehensive societal discourse related to the development and reform of education, organized by the Directorate of Education,Assiut governorate. The discourse is under the sponsorship of prof. Dr. Al-Helaly Al-Sherbiny, the minister of education, the engineer Yasser Al-Desouky who is Assiut governor, in The Secondary Hotel School at Assiut, with the presence of the house of the representatives members, prof. Dr. Adel Rasmy Hammad, the dean of the College of Education at Assiut. The conference covered the following FIVE dimensions: (curriculum development; evaluation, testing, and educational activities; professional education for the teacher and school leadership, the insertion of educational technology and e-learning in education; the special education and gifted welfare; technical education; and educational buildings). Worthy of mentioning is that the conference is based on a call from mr. president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the Youth Conference in Sharm el-Sheik and as a follow up of the education development conference in the Scientific City in October City.The conference targets providing a national worksheet aims to reform education out of the box while being in line with current challenges and economic conditions.

The department committee number 566 agreed in 22nd, January, 2017 on the decision of the ever present academic committee of curricula and instruction (assistant professors) as for Dr. Mahmoud Mohamed Sayed Abdallah, the lecturer in the Department of Curricula and Instruction to be promoted for the position of assistant professor of curricula and methodology of English language teaching, College of Education, Assiut University

The department committee number (207/2) agreed in 3rd, January, 2017 to appoint mr. Aly Salah Abdel Mohsen for the position of lecturer in the psychology department ( educational psychology major) 

The council of Foundations of Education department has agreed in its session held at 2/1/2017  to grant the researcher/ Amal Ali Mahmoud, the assistant lecturer at the department, the Ph. D. degree in Education specialized in Foundations of Education. 

The council of Foundations of Education department has agreed in its session held at 2/1/2017  to grant the researcher/ Nayyera Gamal Mahmoud the Ph. D. degree in Education, specialized in Foundations of Education.

The childhood Department has agreed to form a committee for discussion and judgement of the researcher/ Hanan Othman Ahmed who registered for the MA degree in education, Early Childhood Education Specialization, entitled "The Effectiveness of a Tactile Training- Based Program in Developing the Academic Self-concept for Visually Impaired Child" The committee consists of: 1- Prof. Dr. Ashraf Mohammed Abdel Ghany Shreet. Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Kindergarten, Alexandria University (Head and Discussant) 2- Prof. Dr. Shaheenaz Mohammed Mohammed Full-time Professor of Mental Health, Faculty of Kindergarten, Assiut University (Member and Supervisor) 3- Prof. Dr. Nasser Fouad Ghebesh Professor of Early Childhood Curricula and Vice Dean of Faculty of Kindergarten, Minia University (Member and Discussant) 

The Foundations of Education Department Council agreed in its session held at 2-1-2017 to register the research point of the researcher\ Mai Farouk Soudky Ahmed for the master's degree in education ( Foundations of Education Specialization), entitled "The Development of Educational Supervisor Performance at General  Secondary Education Schools in the Light of Kaizen Philosophy ( Continuous Improvement) _ A field study" Under the supervision of: 1- Dr. Rabah Ramzy Abdel Jalil The Assistant professor of "Foundations of Education"- Faculty of Education- Assiut University 2- Dr. Marwa Moustafa Mohammed Lecturer of "Foundations of Education"- Faculty of Education- Assiut University

The Educational Psychology Department council has agreed in its session held at 03-01-2017 to register  the research point of the researcher\ Hani Khalaf Ibrahim Khallaf for the master's degree in education (Educational Psychology  Specialization), entitled " The Effectiveness of Peg word Strategy Based on Computer in Improving the Working Memory and Multiplication Process Facts of Second Grade Primary Pupils at risk of Dyscalculia" Under the Supervision of: 1- Dr. Mohammed Shaaban Farghaly Ahmed The Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology- Faculty of Education- Assiut University 2- Dr. Nahla Abdel Razzak Adel Majeed Lecturer of Educational Psychology- Faculty of Education- Assiut University

The Educational Psychology Department council has agreed in its session held at 03-01-2017 to register the research point of the researcher\ Zeinab Hassan Younis Hassan for the master's degree in education (Mental Health Specialization), entitled  "The Effect of a Leap Strategy- Based Program on Developing Language Skills and Lowering Some Emotional Attachment Styles for Autistic Children" Under the Supervision of: 1- Prof. Dr. Emad Ahmed Hassan Ali Professor of Educational Psychology and Vice dean of Community Services and Environmental Affairs- Faculty of Education- Assiut University 2-Prof. Dr. Ali Ahmed Sayed Moustafa Full-time Professor of Educational Psychology- Faculty of Education- Assiut University 3- Dr. Ragab Ahmed Ali Full-Time Lecturer of Mental Health- Faculty of Education- Assiut University

The council of the Curricula & Instruction Department agreed in the first of January,                            2017 to register the research point of Sherien Mohamed Abdel Rahman, a researcher, for                            the MA degree in Education ( specialist at curricula and methodology of teaching                          psychology) entitled “ The Use of Symmetry Strategy in Teaching Psychology to                        Develop Secondary-Stage Female Students’ Generative Thinking Skills and                Self-Efficacy”. The research is under the supervision of: 1- Dr. Shaaban Abdel Azeem Mohamed, assistant professor of curricular and                      methodology of teaching psychology, College of education, Assiut University. 2- Dr. Osama Araby Mohamed, assistant professor of curricular and methodology of                        teaching psychology, College of education, Assiut University.