The Department of Social Services in Sharjah celebrated the end of the 2023-2024 academic year for elderly female students in the “Education is Light” initiative at the Al Ittihad Women’s Society in Sharjah yesterday morning. The number of female students reached 72 from the three different educational levels out of 311 female students in the “Education is Light” initiative. Knowledge is Light”, which came based on the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, with the aim of eliminating illiteracy. Maryam Al-Qaseer, Director of the Department of Social Education at the Department, handed over certificates of thanks and gifts to the female students, aged between 50 and 82, as an expression of gratitude and respect for the efforts they make in the pursuit of science and knowledge. Al Quseir said that female students from various regions of the Emirate of Sharjah are enrolled in non-formal education classes, and are receiving lessons in the Arabic language, the Holy Qur’an, mathematics, and social skills, as the Foundation for Qur’an and Sunnah Sciences has been contracted to teach and memorize the Holy Qur’an in Sharjah, and as for the other subjects, female specialists are teaching them. Literacy eradication from the Department of Social Education, and the headquarters of the study is the Women’s Union Society, in addition to two headquarters in Al-Hamriyah, Al-Wusta, and the Eastern Region. Preference in the initiative is given to beneficiaries of the Department of Social Services, senior citizens and wives of citizens, as the department provides all means of education and supplies for female students, including textbooks and stationery. And electronic boards, in addition to transportation and others.