As part of the activities of the Mathematics Department to address matters of interest to its  students and to prepare them for the job market, the department held a lecture entitled “The competencies required for a mathematics teacher”, given by Prof. Dr. Mamoun Al-Shannaq from the College of Education. Several students and faculty members in the department attended the lecture , and the discussion followed he lecture covered the broad guidelines for preparing students to join the education sector. The meeting was organized by Dr. Abdul Karim Al-Omari, the secretary of the Quality Assurance Committee, and Dr. Muhammad Al-Jamal, Head of the Department.